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Question
Write sufficient conditions for a point x = c to be a point of local maximum.
Solution
We know that at the extreme points of a function f(x), the first order derivative of the function is equal to zero, i.e.
`f '(x) = 0 " at "x = c`
`f''(c) < 0`
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