Find the Inflection Points f(x)=x^3-6x^2-135x

$f (x) = x^{3} - 6 x^{2} - 135 x$

Step 1

Find the second derivative.

Find the first derivative.

Differentiate.

By the Sum Rule, the derivative of $x^{3} - 6 x^{2} - 135 x$ with respect to $x$ is $\frac{d}{d x} [x^{3}] + \frac{d}{d x} [- 6 x^{2}] + \frac{d}{d x} [- 135 x]$ .

$f' (x) = \frac{d}{d x} (x^{3}) + \frac{d}{d x} (- 6 x^{2}) + \frac{d}{d x} (- 135 x)$

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [x^{n}]$ is $n x^{n - 1}$ where $n = 3$ .

$f' (x) = 3 x^{2} + \frac{d}{d x} (- 6 x^{2}) + \frac{d}{d x} (- 135 x)$

Evaluate $\frac{d}{d x} [- 6 x^{2}]$ .

Since $- 6$ is constant with respect to $x$ , the derivative of $- 6 x^{2}$ with respect to $x$ is $- 6 \frac{d}{d x} [x^{2}]$ .

$f' (x) = 3 x^{2} - 6 \frac{d}{d x} x^{2} + \frac{d}{d x} (- 135 x)$

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [x^{n}]$ is $n x^{n - 1}$ where $n = 2$ .

$f' (x) = 3 x^{2} - 6 (2 x) + \frac{d}{d x} (- 135 x)$

Multiply $2$ by $- 6$ .

$f' (x) = 3 x^{2} - 12 x + \frac{d}{d x} (- 135 x)$

Evaluate $\frac{d}{d x} [- 135 x]$ .

Since $- 135$ is constant with respect to $x$ , the derivative of $- 135 x$ with respect to $x$ is $- 135 \frac{d}{d x} [x]$ .

$f' (x) = 3 x^{2} - 12 x - 135 \frac{d}{d x} x$

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [x^{n}]$ is $n x^{n - 1}$ where $n = 1$ .

$f' (x) = 3 x^{2} - 12 x - 135 \cdot 1$

Multiply $- 135$ by $1$ .

$f' (x) = 3 x^{2} - 12 x - 135$

Find the second derivative.

By the Sum Rule, the derivative of $3 x^{2} - 12 x - 135$ with respect to $x$ is $\frac{d}{d x} [3 x^{2}] + \frac{d}{d x} [- 12 x] + \frac{d}{d x} [- 135]$ .

$f'' (x) = \frac{d}{d x} (3 x^{2}) + \frac{d}{d x} (- 12 x) + \frac{d}{d x} (- 135)$

Evaluate $\frac{d}{d x} [3 x^{2}]$ .

Since $3$ is constant with respect to $x$ , the derivative of $3 x^{2}$ with respect to $x$ is $3 \frac{d}{d x} [x^{2}]$ .

$f'' (x) = 3 \frac{d}{d x} (x^{2}) + \frac{d}{d x} (- 12 x) + \frac{d}{d x} (- 135)$

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [x^{n}]$ is $n x^{n - 1}$ where $n = 2$ .

$f'' (x) = 3 (2 x) + \frac{d}{d x} (- 12 x) + \frac{d}{d x} (- 135)$

Multiply $2$ by $3$ .

$f'' (x) = 6 x + \frac{d}{d x} (- 12 x) + \frac{d}{d x} (- 135)$

Evaluate $\frac{d}{d x} [- 12 x]$ .

Since $- 12$ is constant with respect to $x$ , the derivative of $- 12 x$ with respect to $x$ is $- 12 \frac{d}{d x} [x]$ .

$f'' (x) = 6 x - 12 \frac{d}{d x} x + \frac{d}{d x} (- 135)$

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [x^{n}]$ is $n x^{n - 1}$ where $n = 1$ .

$f'' (x) = 6 x - 12 \cdot 1 + \frac{d}{d x} (- 135)$

Multiply $- 12$ by $1$ .

$f'' (x) = 6 x - 12 + \frac{d}{d x} (- 135)$

Differentiate using the Constant Rule.

Since $- 135$ is constant with respect to $x$ , the derivative of $- 135$ with respect to $x$ is $0$ .

$f'' (x) = 6 x - 12 + 0$

Add $6 x - 12$ and $0$ .

$f'' (x) = 6 x - 12$

The second derivative of $f (x)$ with respect to $x$ is $6 x - 12$ .

$6 x - 12$

Step 2

Set the second derivative equal to $0$ then solve the equation $6 x - 12 = 0$ .

Set the second derivative equal to $0$ .

$6 x - 12 = 0$

Add $12$ to both sides of the equation.

$6 x = 12$

Divide each term in $6 x = 12$ by $6$ and simplify.

Divide each term in $6 x = 12$ by $6$ .

$\frac{6 x}{6} = \frac{12}{6}$

Simplify the left side.

Cancel the common factor of $6$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{6 x}{6} = \frac{12}{6}$

Divide $x$ by $1$ .

$x = \frac{12}{6}$

Simplify the right side.

Divide $12$ by $6$ .

$x = 2$

Step 3

Find the points where the second derivative is $0$ .

Substitute $2$ in $f (x) = x^{3} - 6 x^{2} - 135 x$ to find the value of $y$ .

Replace the variable $x$ with $2$ in the expression.

$f (2) = {(2)}^{3} - 6 {(2)}^{2} - 135 \cdot 2$

Simplify the result.

Simplify each term.

Raise $2$ to the power of $3$ .

$f (2) = 8 - 6 {(2)}^{2} - 135 \cdot 2$

Raise $2$ to the power of $2$ .

$f (2) = 8 - 6 \cdot 4 - 135 \cdot 2$

Multiply $- 6$ by $4$ .

$f (2) = 8 - 24 - 135 \cdot 2$

Multiply $- 135$ by $2$ .

$f (2) = 8 - 24 - 270$

Simplify by subtracting numbers.

Subtract $24$ from $8$ .

$f (2) = - 16 - 270$

Subtract $270$ from $- 16$ .

$f (2) = - 286$

The final answer is $- 286$ .

$- 286$

The point found by substituting $2$ in $f (x) = x^{3} - 6 x^{2} - 135 x$ is $(2, - 286)$ . This point can be an inflection point.

$(2, - 286)$

Step 4

Split $(- \infty, \infty)$ into intervals around the points that could potentially be inflection points.

$(- \infty, 2) \cup (2, \infty)$

Step 5

Substitute a value from the interval $(- \infty, 2)$ into the second derivative to determine if it is increasing or decreasing.

Replace the variable $x$ with $1.9$ in the expression.

$f'' (1.9) = 6 (1.9) - 12$

Simplify the result.

Multiply $6$ by $1.9$ .

$f'' (1.9) = 11.4 - 12$

Subtract $12$ from $11.4$ .

$f'' (1.9) = - 0.6$

The final answer is $- 0.6$ .

$- 0.6$

At $1.9$ , the second derivative is $- 0.6$ . Since this is negative, the second derivative is decreasing on the interval $(- \infty, 2)$

Decreasing on $(- \infty, 2)$ since $f'' (x) < 0$

Step 6

Substitute a value from the interval $(2, \infty)$ into the second derivative to determine if it is increasing or decreasing.

Replace the variable $x$ with $2.1$ in the expression.

$f'' (2.1) = 6 (2.1) - 12$

Simplify the result.

Multiply $6$ by $2.1$ .

$f'' (2.1) = 12.6 - 12$

Subtract $12$ from $12.6$ .

$f'' (2.1) = 0.6$

The final answer is $0.6$ .

$0.6$

At $2.1$ , the second derivative is $0.6$ . Since this is positive, the second derivative is increasing on the interval $(2, \infty)$ .

Increasing on $(2, \infty)$ since $f'' (x) > 0$

Step 7

An inflection point is a point on a curve at which the concavity changes sign from plus to minus or from minus to plus. The inflection point in this case is $(2, - 286)$ .

$(2, - 286)$

Step 8

Find the Inflection Points f(x)=x^3-6x^2-135x

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