## anonymous one year ago Suppose that f has a continuous second derivative for all x, and that f(0) = 1, f ' (0) = 2, and f''(0) = 0. A. Does f have an inflection point at x = 0? Explain your answer. B. Let g'(x) = (3x^2 + 2)f(x) + (x^3 + 2x + 5)f'(x). The point (0,5) is on the graph of g. Write the equation of the tangent line to g at this point. C. Use your tangent line to approximate g(0. 3). D. Find g''(0).

1. anonymous

I feel like A is no because f'(0) would have to = 0 for it to be a critical point? Is that correct?

2. dan815

no it can be an inflection point even if its not a critical point

3. dan815

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4. dan815

inflection points are where the concavity flips, and critical point is where slope is 0

5. dan815

and roots are where the function is 0

6. Michele_Laino

I thin|dw:1435145496095:dw|k that x=0 is an inflection point with inclined tangent, like this:

7. anonymous

And concavity is usually determined by the second derivative? So what does it mean that this second derivative is always 0?

8. Michele_Laino

oops.. ...I think that x=0 is an inflection point with inclined tangent, like this...

9. Michele_Laino

the second derivative is zero only at x=0 so we can not say that there exist a complete neighborhood in which f ''(x) >0 and we can not say that there exists a complete neighborhood in which f'' (x) <0

10. anonymous

Oh, I totally misread the question! sorry

11. anonymous

So how should I be testing for it being an inflection point?

12. Michele_Laino

since f ' (2) is positive, then we can find a complete neighborhood of the point x=2 such that the function f is an increasing function

13. Michele_Laino

so, being f ''(2)=0 in that complete neighborhood there are points for which f ''(x) >0 and points for which f ''(x) <0

14. anonymous

Which would make it an inflection point because there are values in either direction at f''(x)? Or am I jumping ahead here?

15. Michele_Laino

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16. anonymous

I see! That makes sense

17. Michele_Laino

you are right, we have an inflection point since there are values in either direction of f''(x), inside a complete neighborhood of x=2

18. anonymous

Great. So the derivative of g(x) is really throwing me off in the next part. But I just plug in f(0) and f'(0) and (0,5), right? then use that as a slope for a y-y1=m(x-x1) formula for the tangent line?

19. Michele_Laino

yes! that's right you should get this:

20. Michele_Laino

$y - 5 = 2\left( {x - 5} \right)$

21. anonymous

great! So then to find g(.3) using a tangent line approximation, do i plug in .3=x to that tangent line equation?

22. Michele_Laino

oops...wrong equation. Here is the right equation $y - 5 = 2x$

23. Michele_Laino

we can write this: $g\left( {0.3} \right) - g\left( 0 \right) \cong g'\left( 0 \right)\left( {0.3 - 0} \right)$

24. anonymous

where does the g(0) come from?

25. Michele_Laino

since by thefinition of first derivative we can write: $g\left( x \right) - g\left( {{x_0}} \right) = g'\left( {{x_0}} \right)\left( {x - {x_0}} \right) + o\left( {x - {x_0}} \right)$

26. Michele_Laino

where: $o\left( {x - {x_0}} \right)$ is a quantity which goes to zero as x approaches to x_0

27. anonymous

okay

28. Michele_Laino

so substituting your data we can write: $g\left( {0.3} \right) = 5 + 0.6 = 5.6$

29. anonymous

Awesome! And then for g''(x)... does this look correct: 6x^2+6x+4 so that g''(0)=4

30. Michele_Laino

Starting for m your formula for g '(x), after simple computation, I got this:

31. Michele_Laino

$g''\left( x \right) = 6xf\left( x \right) + \left( {6{x^2} + 4} \right)f'\left( x \right) + \left( {{x^3} + 2x + 5} \right)f''\left( x \right)$

32. Michele_Laino

so, substituting x=0, we can write: $g''\left( 0 \right) = 4$

33. Michele_Laino

34. anonymous

Thank you so much! This has been a great help!!

35. Michele_Laino

:)

36. Michele_Laino

please wait, I have made an error, we have: g' (0) = 2+10=12 so the equation for tangent line is: $y - 5 = 12x$

37. Michele_Laino

sorry for my error of computation

38. Michele_Laino

I have to be grateful to @Loser66 , who kindly has warned me. Thanks !! @Loser66

39. anonymous

so g(.3) now is 8.6, yes?

40. Michele_Laino

yes! we have: $g\left( {0.3} \right) = 5 + 12 \times 0.3 = 8.6$

41. anonymous

Thank you!!

42. Michele_Laino

:)

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