Find a Cubic Function $f(x)=a x^{3}-b x^{2}+c x-d$ That Has a Local Maximum Value Of

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Find a cubic function $f(x)=a x^{3}-b x^{2}+c x-d$ that has a local maximum value of $115$ at 1 and a local minimum value of -1,184 at 7.

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