Concept explainers
To fill: The blank spaces for the given statement.
The complete sentence would be: A
Given:
An incomplete statement: A local maximum or local minimum of a polynomial function occurs at a _____ point of the function’s graph.
Explanation:
It is known that the local maximum or local minimum occurs at the turning points of the polynomial functions.
A local maximum of a function occurs at a turning point such that the point is higher than all neighborhood points.
A local minimum of a function occurs at a turning point such that the point is lower than all neighborhood points.
Therefore, the correct word to complete the sentence would be “turning”.
Chapter 2 Solutions
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