Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 3 - Applications of Differentiation - 3.1 Maximum and Minimum Values - 3.1 Execises - Page 211: 14

Answer

Critical values at $x=-\sqrt 2, x=0, x=\sqrt 2$

Work Step by Step

In order to find the critical values, we need to find the derivative of $f(x)$ $f(x)=x^{2}(x^{2}-4)$ $f'(x)=((x^{2}\times2x)+((x^{2}-4)\times2x))$ $f'(x)=2x^{3}+2x^{3}-8x=4x^{3}-8x$ $f'(x)=x(4x^{2}-8)$ $x=0$ $4x^{2}-8=0$ $4x^{2}=8$ $x^{2}=\frac{8}{4}=2$ $x=\sqrt 2, x=-\sqrt 2$ Critical values occur at $x=-\sqrt 2, x=0, x=\sqrt 2$
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