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{"name": "Turning points", "extensions": [], "custom_part_types": [], "resources": [], "navigation": {"allowregen": true, "showfrontpage": false, "preventleave": false, "typeendtoleave": false}, "question_groups": [{"pickingStrategy": "all-ordered", "questions": [{"preamble": {"css": "", "js": ""}, "parts": [{"type": "gapfill", "marks": 0, "prompt": "<p>Input the smaller of the two \\(x\\)&nbsp;values.&nbsp;</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\\(x=\\)&nbsp;[[0]]</p>\n<p>Input the larger of the two \\(x\\) values.</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\\(x=\\)&nbsp;[[1]]</p>", "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "gaps": [{"marks": 1, "showFeedbackIcon": true, "notationStyles": ["plain", "en", "si-en"], "allowFractions": false, "correctAnswerFraction": false, "type": "numberentry", "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "minValue": "{a}", "variableReplacements": [], "scripts": {}, "showCorrectAnswer": true, "maxValue": "{a}", "correctAnswerStyle": "plain"}, {"marks": 1, "showFeedbackIcon": true, "notationStyles": ["plain", "en", "si-en"], "allowFractions": false, "correctAnswerFraction": false, "type": "numberentry", "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "minValue": "{b}", "variableReplacements": [], "scripts": {}, "showCorrectAnswer": true, "maxValue": "{b}", "correctAnswerStyle": "plain"}], "showFeedbackIcon": true, "variableReplacements": [], "scripts": {}, "showCorrectAnswer": false}], "tags": [], "variablesTest": {"maxRuns": 100, "condition": ""}, "statement": "<p>The function \\(f(x)=2x^3-\\simplify{3*({a}+{b})x^2+6*{a}*{b}x}+\\var{c}\\) &nbsp;has two turning points.</p>", "ungrouped_variables": ["a", "b", "c"], "extensions": [], "name": "Turning points", "advice": "<p>\\(f(x)=2x^3-\\simplify{3*({a}+{b})x^2+6*{a}*{b}x}+\\var{c}\\)</p>\n<p>To locate a turning point, differentite the function, set equal to zero and solve.</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\\(f'(x)=6x^2-\\simplify{6*({a}+{b})x+6*{a}*{b}}=0\\)</p>\n<p>Divide across by 6 to get the quadratic equation</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\\(x^2-\\simplify{({a}+{b})x+{a}*{b}}=0\\)</p>\n<p>This has factors</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\\((x-\\var{a})(x-\\var{b})=0\\)</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\\(x-\\var{a}=0\\) &nbsp; &nbsp; or &nbsp; &nbsp; \\(x-\\var{b}=0\\)</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\\(x=\\var{a}\\) &nbsp; &nbsp; or &nbsp; &nbsp; \\(x=\\var{b}\\)</p>", "metadata": {"description": "<p>Turning points of a cubic function</p>", "licence": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International"}, "functions": {}, "rulesets": {}, "variable_groups": [], "variables": {"a": {"definition": "random(1..5#1)", "templateType": "randrange", "description": "", "name": "a", "group": "Ungrouped variables"}, "c": {"definition": "random(1..15#1)", "templateType": "randrange", "description": "", "name": "c", "group": "Ungrouped variables"}, "b": {"definition": "random(6..11#1)", "templateType": "randrange", "description": "", "name": "b", "group": "Ungrouped variables"}}, "type": "question", "contributors": [{"name": "Frank Doheny", "profile_url": "https://numbas.mathcentre.ac.uk/accounts/profile/789/"}]}]}], "contributors": [{"name": "Frank Doheny", "profile_url": "https://numbas.mathcentre.ac.uk/accounts/profile/789/"}]}