App of first der
App of second der
General Graph
Take Derivative
100

f’(x)>0

Increasing interval

100

f’’(x)>0

Concave up

100

Second step 

Even and odd

100

f(x)=2x3-21x2+72x+5

6x2-42x+72

200

f’(x)<0

Decreasing interval 

200

f’’(x)<0

Concave down

200

Fifth step

Continuty

200

f(x)=tan(5x-4)

5/cos2(5x-4)

300

f’(x)=0

critical points

300

f’’(x)=0

Inflation point

300

Eights step

Second derivative test

300

f(x)= 3/(2x-1)4

-24/(2x-1)5