How to find local minima, maxima and points of intersection?

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angel_cathevans

Oct 27, 2008, 05:00 PM

Hey.. Totally lost... Can any one give me a clear example of an aswer for the question
F(x)=2x^3-6X+7...........
Have to find their stationary points!?
Please help!?!?

galactus

Oct 28, 2008, 07:10 AM

The critical points where f'(x)=0 are called stationary points.

Start by finding the derivative of your function, set to 0 and solve for x.

Since it is just a cubic polynomial, it is easy to differentiate.