Find the coordinates of the inflection point of the cubic function .
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D.
- Step 1: , which is zero at and changes sign there.
- Step 2: .
Answer
(1, -2).
Why not the others: and are other points on the curve; uses the right but the wrong .
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