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What is the sum of all local maxima and minima of f ( x ) = 3 x 4 8 x 3 6 x 2 + 24 x + 15 ? f(x) = 3x^4 - 8x^3 - 6x^2 +24x + 15?

77 77 47 47 57 57 67 67

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Alexander Sludds
Mar 3, 2014

The derivative is 12 x 3 24 x 2 12 x + 24 12x^3-24x^2-12x+24 . This has solutions x = 2 , 1 , 1 x=2,1,-1 . Plugging these into the original equation and summing we obtain the answer.

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