How do you find all local maximum and minimum points using the second derivative test given #y=x^5-x#?
1 Answer
Oct 23, 2017
Explanation:
Apply power rule
For local extrema
Since we are only interested in real roots
For a local maximum
For a local minimum
Testing our results from above
Hence:
We can see the local maximum and minimum on the graph of
graph{x^5-x [-2.434, 2.434, -1.217, 1.217]}