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OpenStudy (anonymous):

help me with this..... find the point on the curve y=x^3 + x^2 - x +1 where the tangent is horizontal....

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it is the point where dy/dx =0

OpenStudy (anonymous):

im not sure..i'm blank now:((

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the tangent is horizontal when dy/dx = 0 dy/dx = 3x^2 + 2x - 1 = 0 x = 1/3 or -1

OpenStudy (anonymous):

owh...then y we find by subtitute x with 0??is it??

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i got (1/3,16/27) and (-1/0)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

wrong. substitute x = -1. do it properly this time.

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