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Given f'(x) = x2 + 2x − 3, find the turning points and intervals of increase/decrease of f(x)?
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5 stepsThe given function is the derivative of :
Part a· 3 steps
Determine coordinates of the turning point.
Find the -coordinates of the turning points of by setting .
Factor the quadratic equation:
This gives two -coordinates for the turning points:
Find the function by integrating .
Substitute the -coordinates into to find the corresponding -coordinates.
For :
The first turning point is .
For :
The second turning point is .
The coordinates of the turning points are .
Part b· 2 steps
Determine the interval over which is increasing and decreasing.
Recall that is increasing when and decreasing when .
We found the roots of to be and .
Since is a parabola opening upwards (the coefficient of is positive), is positive outside its roots and negative between its roots.Determine the intervals.
is increasing when :
This occurs when or .
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