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 - Section 4.4 - Concavity and Curve Sketching - Exercises 4.4 - Page 214: 101

Answer

Local minimum at $x=2.$ No local maxima. Inflection points at $x=1$ and $x=\displaystyle \frac{5}{3}$

Work Step by Step

$y'=(x-1)^{2}(x-2)$ Critical points: $x=1,2$ $\left[\begin{array}{llllll} y': & -- & | & -- & | & ++\\ & & 1 & & 2 & \\ y: & \searrow & & \searrow & \min & \nearrow \end{array}\right]$ $y $has a local maximum at $x=2.$ $y''=2(x-1)(x-2)+(x-1)^{2}(1)$ $=(x-1)[2(x-2)+(x-1)$ $=(x-1)(3x-5)$ $y''=0$ for $x=1$ and $x=\displaystyle \frac{5}{3}$ $\left[\begin{array}{llllll} y'': & ++ & | & -- & | & ++\\ & & 1 & & 5/3 & \\ y: & \cup & inf & \cap & inf & \cup \end{array}\right]$
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