Question: Let f : R R be the function defined by f ( x ) = a x 3 + b x 2 + c x

Let f:RR be the function defined by f(x)=ax3+bx2+cx+d.
(a) Under what conditions on the coefficients a,b,c,d will f have one local minimum and one local maximum.
(b) Under what conditions on the coefficients a,b,c,d will f have a single local extremum.
(c) Under what conditions on the coefficients a,b,c,d will f have no local extrema (i.e. no local minima or maxima).
For this question you can use that a polynomial p(x)=Ax2+Bx+C has two distinct roots if and only if B2-4AC>0 and has exactly one root if and only if B2-4AC=0.
Let f : R R be the function defined by f ( x ) =

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