Find the critical points and the interval on which the given function is increasing or decreasing, and apply the First Derivative Test to each critical point. Let
f(x) = {4/4)x^4+(8/3}x^3+{-4/2}x^2 - 8 x
There are three critical points. If we call them c_1,c_2, and c_3, with c_1
c_1 =
c_2 =
and c_3 = .
f(x) = {4/4)x^4+(8/3}x^3+{-4/2}x^2 - 8 x
There are three critical points. If we call them c_1,c_2, and c_3, with c_1
c_2 =
and c_3 = .
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diff((4*(1/4))*x^4 + (8/3)*x^3 - (4*(1/2))*x^2 - 8*x, x) = 4*x^3 + 8*x^2 - 4*x - 8
factor(4*x^3 + 8*x^2 - 4*x - 8 = 0)
(x - 1)*(x + 2)*(x + 1) = 0
x - 1 = 0, x1 = 1
x + 2 = 0, x2 = - 2
x + 1 = 0, x3 = - 1
f(x):=(4/4)*x^4 + (8/3)*x^3 + (-4/2)* x^2 - 8* x
f(1) = - 19/3
point(1; - 19/3) = Minimum
f(-2) = 8/3
point(- 2; 8/3) = Minimum
f(-1) = 13/3
point( - 1; 13/3) = Maximum
( - ∞; - 2) = decreasing
( - 2; - 1) = increasing
( - 1; 1) = decreasing
> 1 = increasing
factor(4*x^3 + 8*x^2 - 4*x - 8 = 0)
(x - 1)*(x + 2)*(x + 1) = 0
x - 1 = 0, x1 = 1
x + 2 = 0, x2 = - 2
x + 1 = 0, x3 = - 1
f(x):=(4/4)*x^4 + (8/3)*x^3 + (-4/2)* x^2 - 8* x
f(1) = - 19/3
point(1; - 19/3) = Minimum
f(-2) = 8/3
point(- 2; 8/3) = Minimum
f(-1) = 13/3
point( - 1; 13/3) = Maximum
( - ∞; - 2) = decreasing
( - 2; - 1) = increasing
( - 1; 1) = decreasing
> 1 = increasing