Kinematics

Kinematics

14 marks

Let \(g(x) = x^3 - 3x^2 -9x +5\).

  1. Find the two values of \(x\) at which the tangent to the graph of \(g\) is horizontal.[8]
  2. For each of these values, determine whether it is a maximum or a minimum.[6]

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Answer:(a) \(x=-1,3\) (b) maximum at \(x=-1\), minimum at \(x=3\)

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