Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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Chapter 4 - Section 4.1 - Maximum and Minimum Values - 4.1 Exercises - Page 285: 76

Answer

$5$ is a critical number of the function $g$. However, $g$ does not have a local extreme value at $x = 5$

Work Step by Step

$g(x) = 2+(x-5)^3$ $g'(x) = 3(x-5)^2$ $g''(x) = 6(x-5)$ When $x=5$, then $g'(x) = 0$ Thus, $5$ is a critical number of the function. When $x \lt 5$, then $g''(x) \lt 0$ When $x \gt 5$, then $g''(x) \gt 0$ The graph is concave downward when $x \lt 5$, but the graph is concave upward when $x \gt 5$. Therefore, $g$ does not have a local extreme value at $x = 5$
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