The function is .
Find the inflection points.
\Differentiate with respect to
.
Differentiate with respect to
.
Find the inflection points by equating to zero.
Thus, the inflection points are .
Substitute in
.
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Substitute in
.
.
Therefore the inflection points are and
.
Consider the test intervals as and
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Test Value | \Sign of ![]() | \
Concavity | \
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Down | \
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Concavity test:
\(a) If for all
in
, then the graph of
is concave upward on
.
(b) If for all
in
, then the graph of
is concave downward on
.
Thus, the graph is concave up in the intervals and
.
The graph is concave down in the interval .
Inflection points are and
.
The function is concave up in the intervals
and
.
The graph is concave down in the interval .