
Tom B. answered 11/06/22
Experienced, Friendly, and Plain-Speaking Math Tutor
I would need to see Part a) to help with this question.
Mark F.
asked 11/04/22What does the Second Derivative Test tell you about the behavior of f at these critical numbers?
From Part (a), we have three critical numbers: x = 0
, x = 20/7
, and x = 4.
At x = 0
, f ---Select--- has a relative minimum value has a relative maximum value does not have a relative extremum value may or may not have a relative extremum value because ---Select--- f '' does not change sign at x = 0 f '' changes sign from - to + at x = 0 f '' changes sign from + to - at x = 0 f '' (0) is positive f '' (0) is negative f '' (0) = 0 or DNE .
At x = 20/7
, f ---Select--- has a relative minimum value has a relative maximum value does not have a relative extremum value may or may not have a relative extremum value because ---Select--- f '' does not change sign at x = 20/7 f '' changes sign from - to + at x = 20/7 f '' changes sign from + to - at x = 20/7 f '' (20/7) is positive f '' (20/7) is negative f '' (20/7) = 0 or DNE .
At x = 4
, f ---Select--- has a relative minimum value has a relative maximum value does not have a relative extremum value may or may not have a relative extremum value because ---Select--- f '' does not change sign at x = 4 f '' changes sign from - to + at x = 4 f '' changes sign from + to - at x = 4 f '' (4) is positive f '' (4) is negative f '' (4) = 0 or DNE .
Tom B. answered 11/06/22
Experienced, Friendly, and Plain-Speaking Math Tutor
I would need to see Part a) to help with this question.
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