University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Questions to Guide Your Review - Page 275: 9

Answer

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Work Step by Step

An inflection point on a curve can be defined as a point of inflection $[c, f(c)]$ that attains a tangent line where we can see that the concavity changes in the graph of a function $f(x)$. $\underline{Significance}$: 1. When $f'' (x) \gt 0$ on an interval $[m,n]$, then a function $f(x)$ is concave up on that interval. 2. When $f'' (x) \lt 0$ on an interval$[a,b]$, then a function $f(x)$ is concave down on that interval. 3. At a point $x = c$, when $f'' (x)$ changes sign either from positive to negative, or from negative to positive, there exists an inflection point.
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