Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 4: Applications of Derivatives - Section 4.3 - Monotonic Functions and the First Derivative Test - Exercises 4.3 - Page 204: 70

Answer

$a=2, b=-3, c=0, d=0$

Work Step by Step

Step 1. Let $f(x)=ax^3+bx^2+cx+d$; we have $f'(x)=3ax^2+2bx+c$ Step 2. As points $(0,0), (1,-1)$ are on the curve, we have $d=0$ and $a+b+c=-1$ Step 3. For point $(0,0)$ to be a local minimum of the function which does not have endpoints, we have $f'(0)=0$, which gives $c=0$ Step 4. For point $(1,-1)$ to be a local minimum of the function which does not have endpoints, we have $f'(1)=0$ which gives $3a+2b=0$ Step 5. Combine the above results to get $\begin{cases} a+b=-1\\3a+2b=0\end{cases}$. Multiply $-2$ to the first equation and add the result to the second one to get $a=2$, which gives $b=-3$ Step 6. We conclude the results as $a=2, b=-3, c=0, d=0$
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