Finite Math and Applied Calculus (6th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
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Chapter 12 - Section 12.3 - Higher Order Derivatives: Acceleration and Concavity - Exercises - Page 902: 20

Answer

$(1,1)$

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, $(-\infty,0)\quad$ slope decreases (concave down) from very steep (positive), to zero at the local maximum at x=-1, from where it continues to decrease (becomes steeper with negative slope). No changes in concavity on this interval. Concave down. $(0,+\infty)\quad$ The slope changes from very negative to less negative (increases: concave up) until x=1, from where the change is to become more negative (decreases, concave down) Change of concavity at $x=1$. Inflection point: $(1,1)$
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