Calculus with Applications (10th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Graphs and the Derivative - 5.3 Higher Derivatives, Concavity, and the Second Derivative Test - 5.3 Exercises - Page 284: 33

Answer

$$ f(x)=x^{2}+10x-9 $$ The graph $f(x)$ is always concave upward for all $x$. $f(x)$ has no inflection points.

Work Step by Step

$$ f(x)=x^{2}+10x-9 $$ The first derivative is $$ f^{\prime}(x)=2x+10, $$ and the second derivative is $$ f^{\prime\prime}(x)=2, $$ We see that $f^{\prime\prime}(x) \gt 0$ for all $x$, so, $f(x)$ is concave upward for all $x$. Since $f(x)$ is always concave upward, however, so it has no inflection points.
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