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Maximum, Minimum:

 


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Find the minimum for the quadratic
quadratic to use for finding the maximum or minimum.

First, draw a graph of this parabola.graph of the quadratic, showing the minimum

Visually, we can determine that the minimum is between –2 and 5.

The minimum is the extreme point and can be found by setting the derivative to 0 and solving for
symbol for the value of x at the maximum or minimum.

The derivative is (or jump to the complete solution)