My class is a bit late with the material, so we didn't have a lot of time studying function derivatives, so I am having a few problems with one of the questions I was given for practising for tomorrow's math exam.
This is the question:
function: $y = x^3 - 3x^2 - 24x$
- Find what point resets the derivative of the function
- Tell the type of each points that were found in A (Minimum, Maximum, Not minimum & not maximum)
- Write the X and Y coordinate of when the function goes down.
So what I have tried so far:
So I know I need to derivative the function:
$y' = 3x^2 - 6x - 24$
and now I need to make 0 equal to the derivative:
$0 = 3x^2 - 6x - 24$
And then:
$\dfrac{-6 +- \sqrt{6^2 - 4 \cdot (-3) \cdot 24}} {2\cdot (-3)} => \dfrac{-6 +- 294}{2 \cdot (-3)}$
$x_1 = -48$ $x_2 = 50$
I am not sure if this is right, but what is next?
Thank you for your assistance!
$y = x^3 - 3x^2 - 24x$
$y' = 3x^2 -6x - 24$
$0 = 3x^2 -6x - 24$
$\dfrac{-6 +- \sqrt{6^2 - 4 \cdot (-3) \cdot 24}} {2\cdot (-3)} => \dfrac{-6 +- 294}{2 \cdot (-3)}$
$x_1 = -48$
$x_2 = 50$
$y'' = 6x - 6$
$y_1 = -294$
$y_2 = 294$
Therefore $(-48, -294)$ is minimum point and $(50, 294)$ is a maximum point