help with this question
concave up and down refers to the 2nd derivative of a function
And is shown always with some curvature I believe.
so how can i figure out the interval from this graph?
first, you need to know the point of inflection
without the "curve" you can still identify the point of inflection indirectly but in just the case of concativity, you just need to know when graph of y = f (x) is concave upward on those intervals where y = f "(x) > 0 y = f (x) is concave downward on those intervals where y = f "(x) < 0 If the graph of y = f (x) has a point of inflection then y = f "(x) = 0
you can always reverse the process to figure out the original family of function in question
so for this one it is x<2?
why less than 2?
oh no no its x>2
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