B bos1234 Member Joined Oct 9, 2006 Messages 491 Gender Male HSC 2007 Oct 13, 2006 #1 say i have a curve y=x^3 so stationery point at (0,0) does the gradient after the point (0,0) of x^2 tell anything about the graph of y = x^3
say i have a curve y=x^3 so stationery point at (0,0) does the gradient after the point (0,0) of x^2 tell anything about the graph of y = x^3
C conman Member Joined May 2, 2005 Messages 139 Location West of Sydney Gender Male HSC 2007 Oct 13, 2006 #2 bos1234 said: say i have a curve y=x^3 so stationery point at (0,0) does the gradient after the point (0,0) of x^2 tell anything about the graph of y = x^3 Click to expand... I think no, just lucky that you have the same stationary point on both graphs. I think you only need to check gradient when there absolute value involve. Other equations just use normal method (calculus to find stationary points)
bos1234 said: say i have a curve y=x^3 so stationery point at (0,0) does the gradient after the point (0,0) of x^2 tell anything about the graph of y = x^3 Click to expand... I think no, just lucky that you have the same stationary point on both graphs. I think you only need to check gradient when there absolute value involve. Other equations just use normal method (calculus to find stationary points)
