Derivative of f(x) from Graph

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How to obtain the derivative of a function from this graph? Also, where $f'(x)$ is not defined?

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I noticed that points $1$, $4$ and $0$ is where the graph has a corner (is this correct?). Any other points where it is not differentiable?

Also, about the derivative of the graph, any clue would be appreciated.

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Your reasoning is right for the interior points and note that we also need to include the boundary points $x=-4$ and $x=6$ among those where $f'(x)$ is not defined, if these are included in the domain for $f(x)$.

For the graph of the derivative we exclude the corner and boudary points and evaluate f'(x) in between, which is a contant value for each interval, according to

$$f'(x)=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}\quad x_1 <x<x_2 $$