JEE Advanced 2012 Mathematics question

Let be defined as . The total number of points at which f attains either a local maximum or a local minimum is

Answer: 5

Solution

f is even. For : , , zero at (local maximum, ). For : , increasing. At x = 1, , and f increases on both sides ( from the left, +3

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