CHAPTER & APPLICATIONS OF DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS 47 t= 0x5 -4, and x = 3. 5 ‘then checking the second derivative, SO) = -36, S"-1) = 96, r@) _ 288 5, sowe have a local maximum at x = 0 ay nd local mini Be = ‘The corresponding values of f(x) are minima atx = —J and x = 3/5. FO = 1, f(-1) = ~10, and 1(3) 226, 5, 125’ hence there is a local maximum at (0, 1), and local minima at (~1, —10) and (3/5, - 226/125). + — 10) an Determining Inflection Points. Now to locate the inflection points we set the second derivative equal to 0 to find the candidate points, 180x? + 48x - 36 = 0 12(15x? + 4x - 3) =0 15x? + 4x — 3-=0 (Sx + 3)(3x - 1) = 0, so that 3 -= and x= 5 a pyre —168, and r@)- = t, evaluating the $0 we have inflection points at both x = —3/5 and x = 1/3. Nex Sriginal function f(x) at these points, we have (9-8 | | 1 1a) (3) “7 14 (1/3, — 14/27). Hence there are inflection points at (~3/5, ~ 658/125) an 6 The A 14. ¢ graph of this function is shown in Figure 8 3 — 1 ule ase W