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Estimate to the nearest 0.5 unit and classify the extrema for the graph of each function.
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f(x) = x3 + x2 - x

Answer :

[tex]f(x) = x^3+x^2-x[/tex]

Finding the extreme point :

[tex]f'(x)=3x^2+2x-1=0\\\\3x^2+3x-x-1=0\\\\3x(x+1)-1(x+1)=0\\\\(3x-1)(x+1)=0\\\\x=\dfrac{1}{3}\ ,\ x=-1[/tex]

Now,

f''( x ) at x = 1/3 and -1 is :

[tex]f''(x)=6x+2\\\\f''(1/3)=4 \\\\f''(-1)=-4[/tex]

Therefore, it is maximum at x = -1 and minimum at x = 1/3 .

Hence, this is the required solution.

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