Find the points of local maxima/minima of following functio…

Maths Differentiation and Applications of Derivatives Maxima and Minima Subjective Type

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Published on: August 14, 2026

Find the points of local maxima/minima of following functions

(i) f(x) = 2x 3 – 21x 2 + 36x – 20

(ii) f(x) = – (x – 1) 3 (x + 1) 2

(iii) f(x) = x  nx

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(i) local max at x = 1, local min at x = 6

(ii) local max. at x = – , local min. at x = – 1

(iii) local mini at x = , No local maxima

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