Finding the number of minimizers of a sextic polynomial

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From the Indian Joint Entrance Examination – Main:

Find the number of minimizers of the following sextic univariate polynomial $$f(x) = 10x^6 - 24x^5 + 15x^4 - 40x^2 + 108$$


I know the general method for cubic polynomials is finding roots of $f'(x)$ and checking for sign of $f''(x)$ at those points, but I am not able to solve for degree $6$.