Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 4: Applications of Derivatives - Section 4.7 - Antiderivatives - Exercises 4.7 - Page 240: 92

Answer

a. $y=x^3+1$ b. Only one curve.

Work Step by Step

a. Given $y''=6x$, we have $y'=3x^2+C$. As $y'(0)=0$ (horizontal tangent), we have $3(0)^2+C=0$ and $C=0$. Thus $y'=3x^2$ and we have $y=x^3+D$. Use the point $(0,1)$ on the curve to get $(0)^3+D=1$ and $D=1$ which leads to the answer $y=x^3+1$ b. Because we have found all the parameters $C$ and $D$, the function is unique, which means that there is only one curve.
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