Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter 10 - Conics, Parametric Equations, and Polar Coordinates - 10.3 Exercises - Page 711: 8

Answer

$$\frac{{{d^2}y}}{{d{x^2}}} < 0{\text{ we can conclude that the graph is concave downward}}$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & x = {t^2} + 5t + 4,{\text{ }}y = 4t,{\text{ }}t = 0 \cr & {\text{By theorem 10}}{\text{.7}}{\text{ the slope is}} \cr & \frac{{dy}}{{dx}} = \frac{{dy/dt}}{{dx/dt}},{\text{ }}dx/dt \ne 0 \cr & \frac{{dy}}{{dx}} = \frac{{\frac{d}{{dt}}\left[ {4t} \right]}}{{\frac{d}{{dt}}\left[ {{t^2} + 5t + 4} \right]}} \cr & \frac{{dy}}{{dx}} = \frac{4}{{2t + 5}} \cr & {\text{Evaluate at }}t = 0 \cr & m = \frac{{dy}}{{dx}} = \frac{4}{{2\left( 0 \right) + 5}} \cr & m = \frac{4}{5} \cr & {\text{Calculate the second derivative }}\frac{{{d^2}y}}{{d{x^2}}} \cr & \cr & \frac{{{d^2}y}}{{d{x^2}}} = \frac{{\frac{d}{{dt}}\left[ {\frac{{dy}}{{dx}}} \right]}}{{dx/dt}} \cr & \frac{{{d^2}y}}{{d{x^2}}} = \frac{{\frac{d}{{dt}}\left[ {\frac{4}{{2t + 5}}} \right]}}{{2t + 5}} \cr & \frac{{{d^2}y}}{{d{x^2}}} = \frac{{ - \frac{{2\left( 4 \right)}}{{{{\left( {2t + 5} \right)}^2}}}}}{{2t + 5}} \cr & \frac{{{d^2}y}}{{d{x^2}}} = - \frac{8}{{{{\left( {2t + 5} \right)}^3}}} \cr & {\text{Evaluate at }}t = 0 \cr & {\left. {\frac{{{d^2}y}}{{d{x^2}}}} \right|_{t = 0}} = - \frac{8}{{{{\left( {2\left( 0 \right) + 5} \right)}^3}}} \cr & {\left. {\frac{{{d^2}y}}{{d{x^2}}}} \right|_{t = 0}} = - \frac{8}{{125}} \cr & \frac{{{d^2}y}}{{d{x^2}}} < 0{\text{ we can conclude that the graph is concave downward}} \cr} $$
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