To find: whether the given critical point is point of maximum, minimum, or inflection.
Answer to Problem 30E
Point of inflection
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
Calculation:
Put the value of x and evaluate y to create a table of values as follows:
6 | |
0 | 7 |
1 | 6 |
2 | |
3 |
The graph for the function is as follows:
At the given critical point, the value decreases ongoing down and increases on moving up. Hence, this is not point of maximum or minimum. The critical point
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