What are the points of inflection, if any, of #f(x)=x^2 - 3/x^3 #?
1 Answer
Dec 15, 2016
Explanation:
At a point of inflexion, y'' = 0
graph{x^2-3/x^3 [-2, 5, -5, 5]}
y''=2-36/x^5=0, at x =18^(1/5#
Further, if y''' is not 0 here, this gives a point of inflexion.
Here, y''' is not 0.
So, (18^(1/5), 18^(2/5-3/18^(3/5)=(1.783, 2.648)#, nearly, is the point of
inflexion (POI).
The scale on the x-axis is changed to disclose #tangent-crossing-
curve# at POI.s