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vertical and horizontal points of inflection (1 Viewer)

aanthnnyyy

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Sorry if tis is a stupid question, but just to clarify, is a vertical inflection present when y"=0 and subbing stationary points into y" to find values are different (2 ways of finding infl.)? Because from my knowledge horizontal is when they both exist as the same point.
 

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When y''= 0, you're essentially finding any points of inflexion. I'm not sure where you got the 'vertical' from.
Horizontal points of inflexion occur when there is also a stat. pt. at that particular point. That is because the tangent at that point is horizontal.
 

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