Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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ISBN 10: 0-32187-896-5
ISBN 13: 978-0-32187-896-0

Chapter 4: Applications of Derivatives - Section 4.4 - Concavity and Curve Sketching - Exercises 4.4 - Page 213: 55

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General shape:

Work Step by Step

Step 2 $y'=(8x-5x^{2})(4-x)^{2}=-x(5x-8)(4-x)^{2}$ $y''=(8-10x)(4-x)^{2}+(8x-5x^{2})\cdot(-2)(4-x)$ $=2(4-x)[ (4-5x)(4-x) -(8x-5x^{2})]$ $=2(4-x)[ 16-4x-20x+5x^{2} -8x+5x^{2}]$ $=2(4-x)[ 10x^{2} -32x+16]$ $=4(4-x)(5x^{2}-16x+8)$ Step 3 $y'=0$ when $ x=0,\displaystyle \ x=\frac{8}{5} ,\ x=4 \qquad$... critical points. Step 4 $\left[\begin{array}{ccccccc} y': & -- & | & ++ & | & -- & | & --\\ & & 0 & & 8/5 & & 4 & \\ y: & \searrow & \min & \nearrow & \max & \searrow & & \searrow \end{array}\right]$ Step 5 For concavity, $y''=0$ for $x=4,\ $and $x=\displaystyle \frac{16\pm\sqrt{256-160}}{10}=\frac{16\pm 4\sqrt{6}}{10}=\frac{8\pm 2\sqrt{6}}{5}$ $\left[\begin{array}{ccccccc} y': & ++ & | & -- & | & ++ & | & --\\ & & \frac{8-2\sqrt{6}}{5} & & \frac{8+2\sqrt{6}}{5} & & 4 & \\ y: & \cup & i.p. & \cap & i.p. & \cup & i.p. & \cap \end{array}\right]$
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