What are the points of inflection, if any, of #f(x)=x^2 - 3/x^3 #?
y'' = 0 at an inflexion point
graph{[-2, 5, -5, 5]} x^2-3/x^3
y''=2-36/x^5=0, at x =18^(1/5#
Furthermore, this indicates an inflexion point if y''' is not 0.
It is not zero here, y'''.
So, (18^(1/5), 18^(2/5-3/18^(3/5)=(1.783, 2.648)#, nearly, is the point of
inflexion (POI).
The scale on the x-axis is changed to disclose #tangent-crossing-
curve# at POI.s
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To find the points of inflection of ( f(x) = x^2 - \frac{3}{x^3} ), we first need to find its second derivative and then determine where this second derivative changes sign.
The first derivative of ( f(x) ) is ( f'(x) = 2x + \frac{9}{x^4} ).
The second derivative of ( f(x) ) is ( f''(x) = 2 - \frac{36}{x^5} ).
To find where ( f''(x) ) changes sign, we set ( f''(x) = 0 ) and solve for ( x ):
[ 2 - \frac{36}{x^5} = 0 ] [ \frac{36}{x^5} = 2 ] [ x^5 = 18 ] [ x = \sqrt[5]{18} ]
Since ( f''(x) ) changes sign at ( x = \sqrt[5]{18} ), this point is a point of inflection for ( f(x) = x^2 - \frac{3}{x^3} ).
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