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For what values of a and b is (2, 2.5) an inflection point of the curve x2y + ax + by = 0? What additional inflection points does the curve have?
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Show that the curve y = (1 + x)/(1 + x2) has three points of inflection and they all lie on one straight line.
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Show that the curves y = e-x and y = -e-x touch the curve y = e-x sin x at its inflection points.
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Two curves are orthogonal if their tangent lines are perpendicular at each point of intersection. Show that the given families of curves are orthogonal trajectories of each other; that is, every curve...
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Suppose f ‘ is continuous on (-∞, ∞). (a) If f (2) = 0 and f ’’(2) = -5, what can you say about f ? (b) If f ‘(6) = 0 and f ’’(6) = 0, what can you say about f ?
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Show that the inflection points of the curve y = x sin x lie on the curve y2(x2 + 4) = 4x2.
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Assume that all of the functions are twice differentiable and the second derivatives are never 0. (a) If f and g are concave upward on I, show that f + g is concave upward on I. (b) If f is positive a...
See AnswerQ: (a) If f and g are positive, increasing,
(a) If f and g are positive, increasing, concave upward functions on I, show that the product function fg is concave upward on I. (b) Show that part (a) remains true if f and g are both decreasing. (c...
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Suppose f and g are both concave upward on (-∞,∞). Under what condition on f will the composite function h(x) = f (g(x)) be concave upward?
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