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#1 2016-01-21 15:48:32

Mathegocart
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Maxima and Critical points help

I was doing some Khan to refresh my calc and this happened

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I see there are ciritical points at -1 and 3 however there is no -1.


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#2 2016-01-21 18:58:34

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Re: Maxima and Critical points help

There should be five critical points altogether: two local maxima, one local minimum, and two non-differentiable points of inflection.

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#3 2016-01-22 08:10:22

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Re: Maxima and Critical points help

Nehushtan wrote:

There should be five critical points altogether: two local maxima, one local minimum, and two non-differentiable points of inflection.

I understand, already got it.


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