Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 3 - The Derivative In Graphing And Applications - 3.2 Analysis Of Functions II: Relative Extrema; Graphing Polynomials - Exercises Set 3.2 - Page 205: 7

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\[ \begin{aligned} &17-16 x^{2}+4 x^{4}= f(x) \\ &-32 x+16 x^{3}= f^{\prime}(x) \\ &=\left(-2+x^{2}\right)16 x \end{aligned} \] $x=\pm \sqrt{2}, 0$ are critical points. Both the points are stationary points, as the given function is differentiable.
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