How to use the second derivative test to find all relative extrema of f (...
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2023-02-18
How to use the second derivative test to find all relative extrema of ?
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Vincent Burke
Beginner2023-02-19Added 9 answers
The first derivative is , which has roots at and . These are the turning point as well as the potential sites of local extrema. Since the second derivative is , we get and . The fact that (and the fact that is continuous) implies that the graph of is concave up near , making, by the Second Derivative Test, the location of a local minimum. The fact that (and the fact that is continuous) implies that the graph of is concave down near , making, by the Second Derivative Test, the location of a local maximum. The local minimum value (output) is and the local maximum value (output) is .