What are the values and types of the critical points, if any, of #f(x) = (x^4/5)(x-4)^2#?
1 Answer
Dec 4, 2016
Turning points at
Flat, at x = Look at the two graphs.
Explanation:
It is easy to show that
Further, f'' is 0 only at x = 0. Yet, f''' = 0 here but
the next ( even order ) f'''' is not.
So, origin is not a point of inflexion, and so, at this turning point,
the curve is flat, in the
This flatness is zoomed in the second graph.
graph{5y-x^4(x-4)^2=0 [-40, 40, -20, 20]}
graph{5y-x^4(x-4)^2=0 [-5, 5, -2.5, 2.5]}