Formula for curvature for a well behaved curve y=f(x) is
K(x)= ![\frac{|{y}''|}{[1+{y}'^2]^\frac{3}{2}}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cfrac%7B%7C%7By%7D%27%27%7C%7D%7B%5B1%2B%7By%7D%27%5E2%5D%5E%5Cfrac%7B3%7D%7B2%7D%7D)
The given curve is y=7
k(x)=![\frac{7e^{x}}{[{1+(7e^{x})^2}]^\frac{3}{2}}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cfrac%7B7e%5E%7Bx%7D%7D%7B%5B%7B1%2B%287e%5E%7Bx%7D%29%5E2%7D%5D%5E%5Cfrac%7B3%7D%7B2%7D%7D)
![{k(x)}'=\frac{7(e^x)(1+49e^{2x})(49e^{2x}-\frac{1}{2})}{[1+49e^{2x}]^{3}}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%7Bk%28x%29%7D%27%3D%5Cfrac%7B7%28e%5Ex%29%281%2B49e%5E%7B2x%7D%29%2849e%5E%7B2x%7D-%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B2%7D%29%7D%7B%5B1%2B49e%5E%7B2x%7D%5D%5E%7B3%7D%7D)
For Maxima or Minima
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[not possible ∵there exists no value of x satisfying these equation]
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Solving this we get
x= 
As you will evaluate 
<0 at x=
So this is the point of Maxima. we get y=7×1/√98=1/√2
(x,y)=[,1/√2]
k(x)=![\lim_{x\to\infty } \frac{7e^{x}}{[{1+(7e^{x})^2}]^\frac{3}{2}}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Clim_%7Bx%5Cto%5Cinfty%20%7D%20%5Cfrac%7B7e%5E%7Bx%7D%7D%7B%5B%7B1%2B%287e%5E%7Bx%7D%29%5E2%7D%5D%5E%5Cfrac%7B3%7D%7B2%7D%7D)
k(x)=
k(x)=0
In this case: x 1 = - 10, y 1 = - 2;
x 2 = - 4 , y 2 = - 2
The distance between the points :
Answer:
d = 6
I think its "Yes it can because -3.5 lies to the left of -1.5"
The answer to this problem is 4
