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Calculus Level 2

The derivative of f ( x ) = x 4 3 x 5 5 f(x)=\cfrac { { x }^{ 4 } }{ 3 } -\cfrac { { x }^{ 5 } }{ 5 } attains its maximum value at x x equal to _ _.


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We want to get the value of x that maximize f ( x ) = 4 x 3 3 x 4 f ' (x) = \frac{4x^3}{3} - x^4 . Let's calculate its derivate f ( x ) = 4 x 2 4 x 3 = 4 ( x 2 x 3 ) f ( 0 ) = f ( 1 ) = 0 f ''(x) = 4x^2 - 4x^3 = 4(x^2 - x^3) \Rightarrow f ''(0) = f '' (1) = 0 ; (f '(1) > f '(0)) and f ( 1 ) = 4 ( 2 3 ) < 0 f ’(x) has a local maximum in x = 1 f '''(1) = 4(2 - 3) < 0 \Rightarrow \text{ f '(x) has a local maximum in x = 1} , furthemore l i m x f ( x ) = and l i m x f ( x ) = lim_{x \to \infty} f '(x) = - \infty \text{ and } lim_{x \to -\infty} f '(x) = - \infty \Rightarrow f '(x) has a global maximum at x = 1, because a global maximum would be also a local maximum in this case( f '(x) is infinitely derivative)

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