Find the point of inflection of the graph of the function. (If an answer does not exist, enter DNE.)?

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Find the point of inflection of the graph of the function. (If an answer does not exist, enter DNE.)
f(x) = 2 − 7x^4

(x,y): DNE (answer)

concave upward: DNE (answer)

concave downward: need answer

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Answer 1 · 2018-02-24T07:35:19

$\qquad \qquad "the graph of" \ \ f(x) \ \ "is concave down on" \ \ ( -infty, infty);"$

$\qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad "i.e., everywhere."$

$"From what I understand, you want to know about the"$
$"downward concavity of the graph of the function."$
$"(Please correct me if I am wrong !!)"$

$"To investigate the concavity of a function, we will look"$
$"at" \ \ f''(x)."$

$"We are given the function:"$

$\qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad f(x) \ = \ 2 - 7 x^4.$

$"We compute derivatives:"$

$\qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad f'(x) \ = \ 0 - 7 ( 4 x^3)$

$\qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad f'(x) \ = \ - 28 x^3.$

$\qquad \qquad :. \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \quad \quad \ f''(x) \ = \ - 28 ( 3 x^2 ).$

$\qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \quad \quad \ \ f''(x) \ = \ - 84 x^2.$

$"Perhaps before anything else, we note that" \ \ f''(x) \ \ "is clearly"$
$"negative everywhere:"$

$\qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \ f''(x) \ < \ 0, \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad "for all" \ \ x.$

$"Thus, the graph of" \ \ f(x) \ \ "is concave down everywhere:"$

$\qquad \qquad "the graph of" \ \ f(x) \ \ "is concave down on" \ \ ( -infty, infty)."$