Get some points so you can draw the graph: x|y ---------- -1|0 -0.7|-0.84 -0.5|-1.16 -0.3|-1.22 -0.1|-1.10 0|-1 0.2|-0.82 0.4|-0.78 0.5|-0.84 0.7|-1.16 1|-2The curve starts out going downhill to the right, which means f'(x), the slope of a tangent line, is negative. The point x at which f'(x) is greatest on this interval would have to be a point where the slope is positive. That's where the curve is going uphill to the right So we look for a point where the curve is the steepest and going uphill to the right. I'd guess that the point where the graph is the steepest going uphill to the right is the point (0,-1). I've drawn a tangent line there (in green). So the point x at which f'(x) is greatest on this interval is where x=0, for the curve is steepest going uphill to the right there. It's not as steep going uphill to the right at any other point. Answer: x=0 for that's the point (0,-1) where the curve is the steepest going uphill to the right. Edwin