Calculus: Early Transcendentals
Calculus: Early Transcendentals
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Author: James Stewart
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Is 90 and 92 True or False

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Given that f(x)=1/x is concave downward for x<0 and concave upward for x>0 and thus it has a point of inflection at x=0.

We need to check whether the given statement is True or False.

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To find the inflection point we need to find the second derivative of the function and check where the second derivative of the function is zero.

f(x)=x-1f'(x)=-1x-2f''(x)-1(-2)x-3f''(x)=2x3

given that the function as inflection at x=0 but at x=0 the second derivative of the function is not defined and no inflection exists for this function.

Hence the given statement is False.

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