(a)
\The function is .
Differentiate on each side with respect to
.
Find the critical points.
\Since it is a polynomial it is continuous at all the point.
\Thus, the critical points exist when .
Equate to zero.
and
and
and
and
.
The critical points are ,
and
.
(b)
\Second derivative test :
\.
Differentiate on each side with respect to
.
.
Substitute in second derivative.
Since , curve is neither concave up nor concave down.
Therefore conclusion cannot be made at .
Substitute in second derivative.
Since , curve is neither concave up nor concave down.
Therefore conclusion cannot be made at .
Substitute in second derivative.
Since , curve is concave up.
Therefore local minimum at .
(c)
\First derivative test :
\The critical points are ,
and
.
The test intervals are ,
,
and
.
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Increasing | \
The function has a local maximum at
, because
changes its sign from positive to negative.
Therefore the conclusion cannot be made at .
The function has a local minimum at
, because
changes its sign from negative to positive.
Local minimum is .
The function is incresing from to
.
Therefore the function has local minimum is .
(a) The critical points are ,
and
.
(b) The local minimum at .
(c) The function has local minimum is .