Finite Math and Applied Calculus (6th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1133607705
ISBN 13: 978-1-13360-770-0

Chapter 12 - Section 12.3 - Higher Order Derivatives: Acceleration and Concavity - Exercises - Page 902: 23

Answer

$(-1,0)$ and $(1,1)$

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, From being negative, slope changes to zero at x=-2 (increases, concave up). After x=-2, it becomes positive and increases (still concave up) At x-1 it stops increasing and starts decreasing to 0 (becomes concave down), decreases to 0 at the local maximum at x=0, after which it becomes negative and continues to decrease (concave down) At x=1, it stops decreasing and starts changing from negative to zero (increases, concave up), becomes zero at the minimum at x=1.5, from where it becomes positive, always increasing (concave up). Change of concavity at $x=-1$ and at $x=1$ Inflection points: $(-1,0)$ and $(1,1)$
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