Find the intervals on which the function is concave up or down, the points of inflection, and the critical points, and determine whether each critical point corresponds to a local minimum or maximum (or neither). Let
What are the critical point(s) = What does the Second Derivative Test tell about the first critical point: ? Local Max Local Min Test Fails ? What does the Second Derivative Test tell about the second critical point: ? Local Max Local Min Test Fails Only one critical point on interval ?
What are the inflection Point(s) =
On the interval to the left of the critical point, is ? Increasing Decreasing and is ? Positive Negative . (Include all points where has this sign in the interval.) On the interval to the right of the critical point, is ? Increasing Decreasing and is ? Positive Negative . (Include all points where has this sign in the interval.)
On the interval to the left of the inflection point is ? Concave Down Concave Up . (Include only points where has this concavity in the interval.) On the interval to the right of the inflection point is ? Concave Down Concave Up . (Include only points where has this concavity in the interval.)
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