DERIVATIVES OF HIGHER ORDER

AND DIFFERENTIABILITY
Learning Objectives
1. determine the relationship between differentiability and
continuity of a function
2. illustrate differentiability graphically
3. compute higher-order derivatives of functions
Second-Order Derivative

Find the second-derivative of

 n-th Derivative

Find the 4th derivative of

Rate of Change

Velocity

Acceleration
 Differentiability

left-hand derivative of f at a

right-hand derivative of f at a
 Differentiability Implies Continuity
If a function f is differentiable at a, then f is continuous at a.

Determine if f is differentiable at 0:

f is discontinuous at 0
f cannot be differentiable at 0