Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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ISBN 10: 0-32187-896-5
ISBN 13: 978-0-32187-896-0

Chapter 4: Applications of Derivatives - Additional and Advanced Exercises - Page 245: 4

Answer

Local maximum at $x=1$ and a local minimum at $x=3$.

Work Step by Step

Given the derivative of the function $f’(x)=6(x-1)(x-2)^2(x-3)(x-4)^4$, we can test the sign changes across the critical points (zeros) at $x=1,2,3,4$ and get $..(+)..(1)..(-)..(2)..(-)..(3)..(+)..(4)..(+)..$, thus the function has a local maximum at $x=1$ and a local minimum at $x=3$. Please note that the term containing $x-2$ and $x-4$ will always be positive and not give any sign changes of $f’$.
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