Homework Help: ap calculus

Posted by Thomas on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at 4:08pm.

find the critical points, inflection points, the absolute minimum value of y, and the relative maximum points of y=x^4-3x^2+2

ap calculus - Reiny, Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at 5:06pm
dy/dx = 4x^3 - 6x
= 0 for max/mins

2x(2x^2 - 3) = 0
x = 0 or x = ą√(3/2)

if x = 0, y = 2
if x = +√(3/2) y = ....
if x = -√(3/2) y = .... ----- you do the arithmetic

y'' = 12x^2 - 6 = 0 for points of inflection
x^2 = 6/12 = 1/2
x = ą√(1/2)

sub back in to get the two points of inflection

I ran it through Wolfram to see the shape of the graph
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=y%3Dx%5E4-3x%5E2%2B2

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