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    Points of Inflexion.: Umerical Olve

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    This document discusses finding the second derivative and points of inflection for a function. It shows taking the derivative of a previously derived parent function f'(x) to obtain the second derivative f''(x). Plugging in original a, b, and c values yields the final second derivative expression h''(x). Points of inflection are then found by setting the second derivative equal to 0 and solving numerically between the x-value limits of the plotted function. The point of inflection calculated is x = 0.27118161258208.

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    This document discusses finding the second derivative and points of inflection for a function. It shows taking the derivative of a previously derived parent function f'(x) to obtain the second derivative f''(x). Plugging in original a, b, and c values yields the final second derivative expression h''(x). Points of inflection are then found by setting the second derivative equal to 0 and solving numerically between the x-value limits of the plotted function. The point of inflection calculated is x = 0.27118161258208.

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    This document discusses finding the second derivative and points of inflection for a function. It shows taking the derivative of a previously derived parent function f'(x) to obtain the second derivative f''(x). Plugging in original a, b, and c values yields the final second derivative expression h''(x). Points of inflection are then found by setting the second derivative equal to 0 and solving numerically between the x-value limits of the plotted function. The point of inflection calculated is x = 0.27118161258208.

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    Points Of Inflexion.

    TO FIND THE SECOND DERIVATIVE WE CAN REPEAT THIS PROCESS USING THE ALREADY - DERIVED PARENT
    FUNCTION :

    𝑓′(𝑥) = 𝑎𝑏𝑐𝑜𝑠(𝑏𝑥 − 𝑐)

    AND TO FIND THE SECOND DERIVATIVE ONCE AGAIN USING THE CHAIN RULE:

    𝑓 ′′ = 𝑎𝑏 × 𝑓 ′ (𝑐𝑜𝑠(𝑏𝑥 − 𝑐)) × 𝑓 ′ (𝑏𝑥 − 𝑐)

    = 𝑎𝑏 × −𝑠𝑖𝑛(𝑏𝑥 − 𝑐) × 𝑏

    = −𝑎𝑏 2 𝑠𝑖𝑛(𝑏𝑥 − 𝑐)

    AND ONCE AGAIN WHEN WE SUBSTITUTE THE ORIGINAL VALUES FOR 𝑎, 𝑏 AND 𝑐 WE GET THE FINAL ANSWER:

    𝒉′′ (𝒙) = −𝟎. 𝟏𝟔𝟓𝟒𝟔𝟐𝒔𝒊𝒏(𝟎. 𝟑𝟒𝟕𝟓𝟒𝟐𝒙 − 𝟎. 𝟎𝟗𝟒𝟐𝟒𝟕)

    FINALLY, TO FIND THE POINTS OF INFLEXION I USED THE “NUMERICAL SOLVE” TOOL ON MY TI-NSPIRE GDC,
    WHERE I SET THE SECOND DERIVATIVE FUNCTION ; ℎ ′′ (𝑥) = 0, AND LIMITED 𝑥 TO 1 ≤ 𝑥 ≤8.6, AS THESE
    WERE THE MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM 𝑥-COORDINATES FOR THE HARBOUR B RIDGE TRACE THAT I PLOTTED AT
    THE BEGINNING OF THIS EXPLORATION .

    POINTS OF INFEXION:

    𝑥 = 0.27118161258208

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