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I have attached a graph that is the first derivative of a function.

How do I find and draw the second derivative on this graph?

I am unsure of how to do this without a given function.

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Remember that you can think of the derivative as the "slope" of the function. At any given point, try to estimate the slope of the line tangent to the graph at that point. The second derivative f"(x) (that you want to draw) is the derivative of the first derivation f'(x) ...

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