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: 56

Answer

General shape:

Work Step by Step

Step 2 $y'=(x^{2}-2x)(x-5)^{2}=x(x-2)(x-5)^{2}$ $y''=(2x-2)(x-5)^{2}+(x^{2}-2x)\cdot 2(x-5)$ $= 2(x-5)[(x-1)(x-5)+(x^{2}-2x) ]$ $= 2(x-5)[x^{2}-5x-x+5+x^{2}-2x]$ $= 2(x-5)[2x^{2}-8x+5]$ Step 3 $y'=0$ when $ x=0,\ x=2 ,\ x=5 \qquad$... critical points. Step 4 $\left[\begin{array}{cccccc} y': & ++ & | & -- & | & ++ & | & ++\\ & & 0 & & 2 & & 5 & \\ y: & \nearrow & \max & \searrow & \min & \nearrow & & \nearrow \end{array}\right]$ Step 5 For concavity, $y''=0$ for $x=5,\ $and $x=\displaystyle \frac{8\pm\sqrt{64-40}}{4}=\frac{8\pm 2\sqrt{6}}{4}=\frac{4\pm\sqrt{6}}{2}$ $\left[\begin{array}{ccccccc} y': & -- & | & ++ & | & -- & | & ++\\ & & \frac{4-\sqrt{6}}{2} & & \frac{4+\sqrt{6}}{2} & & 5 & \\ y: & \cap & i.p. & \cup & i.p. & \cap & i.p. & \cup \end{array}\right]$
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