document.write( "Question 1052786: Find the nature of the stationery points of the curve xy+ 64x^2+1=0 and the coordinates of these points \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Find the nature of the stationery points of the curve xy+ 64x^2+1=0 and the coordinates of these points
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document.write( "Your curve is\r\n" );
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document.write( "y = -\"%2864x%5E2%2B1%29%2Fx\",  or, which is the same, y = \"-64x+-+1%2Fx\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "First derivative is\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%28dy%29%2F%28dx%29\" = \"-64\" + \"1%2Fx%5E2\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "The first derivative has a zero at\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"1%2Fx%5E2\" = 64,   or   x = +/-\"1%2F8\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "There are two stationery points. One is (\"1%2F8\",\"-16\"). The other is (\"-1%2F8\",\"16\").\r\n" );
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document.write( "           Plot y = \"-64x+-+1%2Fx\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "The function is an odd function and has two branches.\r\n" );
document.write( "The branch in the second quarter is convex downward.\r\n" );
document.write( "The branch in the fourth quarter is convex upward.\r\n" );
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document.write( "On terminology see this Wikipedia article.\r\n" );
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