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Locate the stationary points of the function.

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$f(x)=\\simplify[all,!collectNumbers]{(x -{a})/((x -{b})^2 + {c}) }$

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$f'(x)=$ [[2]]

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Find when $f'(x)=0$, hence find:

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$x$-coordinate of the stationary point giving a minimum $=$ [[0]]

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$x$-coordinate of the stationary point giving a maximum $=$ [[1]]

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Finding the stationary points of a rational function with specific features.

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