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Calculus 1: Graphing and Critical Points

Find the critical points of the function

f(x)=5(x24x)2f(x) = \frac{5}{{(x^2 - 4x)}^2}

Find and classify the critical points of the following function

f(x)=x33x29x+2f(x) = x^3 - 3x^2 - 9x + 2

Find the critical numbers for the following function

f(x)=ln(x2)+1.5xf(x) = \ln{(x^{2})} + 1.5x

Find the critical numbers of the function

f(x)=x24xf(x) = x^2 - 4x

Find the critical numbers for the following function f(x)=x23f(x) = x^{\frac{2}{3}}

Draw a rough graph of the following function using the critical numbers

f(x)=23x3+92x25x17f(x) = \frac{2}{3}x^3 + \frac{9}{2}x^2 - 5x - 17

Find all points of inflection and discuss the concavity over different intervals for the following function

f(x)=x36x2+12xf(x) = x^3 - 6x^2 + 12x

Find the relative extrema for the following function on the given interval

f(x)=2xx2+1f(x) = \frac{2x}{x^2 + 1} , [2,2][-2, 2]

Find the absolute extrema of the following function on the given interval

h(x)=xx2h(x) = \frac{x}{x - 2} , [3,5][3, 5]