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OpenStudy (mathmusician):

Question number 5

OpenStudy (bmk614):

Part A) Where f"(x) is positive, the slope of f'(x) is increasing. Where f"(x) is negative, the slope of f'(x) is decreasing. Since a horizontal tangent line would be found at a relative extrema, points where f'(x) changes from increasing or decreasing or vise versa, or the x-intercepts of f"(x)

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Ugh, I hate downloading documents... post screenshots

OpenStudy (mathmusician):

Okay one sec

OpenStudy (bmk614):

Part B) Where f"(x) is positive, f(x) is concave up. Where f"(x) is negative, f(x) is concave down.

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That is it

OpenStudy (bmk614):

Part C) Critical Points are where the function changes from increasing to decreasing or vise versa. f"(x) is just the slopes of f'(x). I personally use a sign chart to find if critical points are maximums or minimums. If the slope goes from negative to positive then it is a minimum and if it goes from positive to negative then it is a maximum.

OpenStudy (mathmusician):

@agent0smith How do I find the values of xin that interval

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