OCR A-level Mathematics A · H240

Applications of differentiation

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Mathematics · A levelPure mathematics · H240/01

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For $a>0$ , the curve $y=x^3-3ax+2$ touches the x-axis at a point with positive x-coordinate. Find a and the point of contact, justifying that there are no other positive values of a.

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