5. APPLICATIONS OF DERIVATIVES
www.supermath.info/Calc85to101.pdfAPPLICATIONS OF DERIVATIVES Derivatives are everywhere in engineering, physics, biology, economics, and much more. In this chapter we seek to elucidate a number of general ideas which cut across many disciplines. Linearization of a function is the process of approximating a function by a line near some point.
7 - Economics uses
economics.uwo.ca › math › resourcesOptimizing economic functions. With the help of the derivatives, we can find the optimum points of economic functions, if any. For example, the use of derivatives is helpful to compute the level of output at which the total revenue is the highest, the profit is the highest and (or) the lowest, marginal costs and average costs are the smallest, etc.