Finite Math and Applied Calculus (6th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1133607705
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Chapter 12 - Section 12.3 - Higher Order Derivatives: Acceleration and Concavity - Exercises - Page 902: 17

Answer

$(1, 0)$

Work Step by Step

A curve is concave up if its slope is increasing, in which case the second derivative is positive. A curve is concave down if its slope is decreasing, in which case the second derivative is negative. A point in the domain of $f$ where the graph of $f$ changes concavity, from concave up to concave down or vice versa, is called a point of inflection. At a point of inflection, the second derivative is either zero or undefined. ---- Observing from left to right, The slope is positive and decreases until the local maximum at x=1, (concave down), becomes negative and continues to decrease to the x-intercept at x=1, (still concave down), and after x=1, the slope becomes less negative, increases (concave up), reaches 0 at the local minimum at x=2 (still concave up), from where it (the slope) continues increasing (concave up) . Inflection point at $(1, 0)$ (f changes from concave down to concave up.)
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