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    The document contains a practice problems about points of inflection and concavity involving functions defined by equations. The problems ask students to identify x-values where graphs have points of inflection, intervals where functions are increasing/decreasing and concave up/down, and equations for tangent lines.

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    9744 - 1 - Page 1

    AP CALCULUS Name ______________________________________


    POINTS OF INFLECTION and CONCAVITY PRACTICE

    1) What are the x-coordinate(s) of the points of 4) An equation of the line tangent to the graph of
    inflection for the graph of f(x) = sin2 x on the f(x) = 2x3 - 3x2 at its point of inflection is
    closed interval [0,p]? A) 3x + 2y = 5
    A) x = , only B) 6x + 4y = 1
    C) 6x + 4y = 5
    B) x = , x = , and x = D) 3x + 2y = 1
    E) 6x - 4y = 1
    C) x = and x =

    D) x = , only

    E) x = , only
    5) The graph of the function y = f(x) is shown below.

    2) If f2(x) = x2(x + 2)(x - 3), then the graph of


    function f has a point of inflection for what value(s)
    of x?
    A) -2 and 3, only
    B) 3 and 0, only
    C) 0, -2, and 3 On which of the following intervals is f1(x) > 0 and
    D) -2, only f2(x) > 0?
    E) 3, only
    I. c<x<d
    II. a < x < b
    III. b < x < c
    A) I, II, and III
    3) The graph shown below shows the derivative f 1 of
    B) II and III, only
    the function f.
    C) II, only
    D) I, only
    E) III, only

    At what value(s) of x does function f have a point of


    inflection?
    A) c and e, only
    B) a, b, c, and d, only
    C) a and c, only
    D) b and d, only
    E) a, only
    9744 - 1 - Page 2
    6) The graph of y = f(x) is shown below. 9) The function g is defined by the equation
    g(x) = 6x5 - 10x3. Determine the values of x for
    which the graph of function g is concaved upwards.

    A) x >

    B) * < x < 0 or x >

    C) * < x < 0 or x >

    D) * < x <

    E) * <x<

    If f is twice-differentiable, which of the following


    is true?
    A) f(x) < 0, f 1( x ) < 0, f 2(x ) < 0
    B) f(x) > 0, f1(x) < 0, f2(x) > 0 Questions 10 through 12 refer to the following:
    C) f(x) > 0, f 1( x ) > 0, f 2(x ) > 0
    D) f(x) > 0, f 1( x ) < 0, f 2(x ) < 0 Determine the interval where the given function is
    E) f(x) > 0, f 1( x ) > 0, f 2(x ) < 0 concaved upwards, concaved downwards, and the
    coordinates of all inflection points.

    7) For what values of x is the graph of f(x) = 6x2 - x3


    decreasing and concaved down?
    10) f(x) =
    A) 0< x<2
    B) x> 4
    C) 2< x<4
    D) x< 0
    E) x> 2

    11)

    8) The derivative of function f is given by


    f 1(x) = (x + 1)2(x - 2). On what interval is the graph
    of function f concaved downwards?
    A) -1 < x < 1
    B) -1 < x < 2
    C) x<2
    D) x > -1 12) f(x) =
    E) x<1

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