We know that has some kind of extrema at Use the second derivative test to determine if this extrema is a maximum or minimum. If it is a maximum, enter into the following box, and if it is a minimum, enter .
Recall that the second derivative test says that if is less than zero then it is a maximum, but if it is greater than zero it is a minimum.
Notice that this also means you don’t need to actually factor the second derivative - you just need to calculate it at and see if it is
positive or negative.