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(a)
\Determine where is increasing or decreasing using Increasing/decreasing test.
Increasing / decreasing test :
\If on the interval, then
is increasing on the interval.
If on the interval, then
is decreasing on the interval.
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(b)
\Determine where is concave upward or concave downward using concavity test.
Concavity test :
\If for all
in the interval, then the graph of
is concave upward on the interval.
If for all
in the interval, then the graph of
is concave downward on the interval.
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(c)
\Determine inflection points.
\Inflection points are the points at which the curve changes where the concavity changes from up to down or down to up.
\The inflection points occurs at the graph changes its concavity.
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(a) Increasing / decreasing test.
\(b) Concavity test.
\(c) Find the points where the concavity changes.