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What value of $x$ will give the minimum value for $x^2 + 11x - 5$?

 Nov 2, 2014
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Differentiate

2x+11=0

X=-5.5

The 2nd derivative is 2

Which is greater than 0 so this will give a minimum.

 Nov 2, 2014

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