Find the x-coordinates of the points where the tangent line is horizontal on the trident curve x

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Find the x-coordinates of the points where the tangent line is horizontal on the trident curve xy = x3 − 5x2 + 2x − 1, so named by Isaac Newton in his treatise on curves published in 1710 (Figure 8).

2x3 − 5x2 + 1 = (2x − 1)(x2 − 2x − 1).

-2 20 -20 2 4 + 6 8 00 x

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Calculus

ISBN: 9781319055844

4th Edition

Authors: Jon Rogawski, Colin Adams, Robert Franzosa

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