Science:Math Exam Resources/Courses/MATH110/April 2016/Question 05 (h)
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Question 05 (h) |
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Let . (h) Find the intervals where is concave up and the intervals where it is concave down. |
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Recall that (1) is concave up (convex) on the intervals where ; (2) is concave down on the intervals where ; |
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Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. From the part (g) of this question, we know that Also, from the part (a), the domain of is . Since when , the sign of the second derivative is determined by the sign of the numerator . Indeed, we can easily see that
This implies that when and when .
Therefore, is concave up in while is concave down in . |