To determine: \(\displaystyle{f{{\left({x}\right)}}}=-{x}^{{{5}}}-{2}{x}^{{{4}}}+{8}{x}^{{{2}}}-{4}{x}+{2}\) concave or convex at \(\displaystyle{x}=-{5}\)?

Keenan Rhodes

Keenan Rhodes

Answered question

2022-04-08

To determine:
f(x)=x52x4+8x24x+2
concave or convex at x=5?

Answer & Explanation

Kapovkah7hpl

Kapovkah7hpl

Beginner2022-04-09Added 14 answers

Step 1
To test if a function is concave / convex at f(a) , require to find the value of f''(a).
If f(a)<0 then f(x) is convex at x=a
If f(a)<0 then f(x) is concave at x=a
hence f(x)=x52x4+8x24x+2
f(x)=5x48x3+16x4
and f(x)=20x324x2+16
f(5)20(5)324(5)2+16=1916
since f(5)>0 then f(x) is convec at x=5

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