Suppose That Is Differentiable for , Is

question 30

Multiple Choice

Suppose that is differentiable for , is the tangent line to the graph of at and . The following can be concluded:

• A) is concave up on .
• B) is not concave down on .
• C) is concave down on .
• D) is not concave up on .
• E) None of the above.

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