Given
f″(x)=4x−2
and f′(−2)=3 and f(−2)=−3.
Find f′(x)= ?
and find f(3)= ?
Note that f″(x)=ddxf′(x).
Then ddxf′(x)=4x−2.
Integrate on both sides, we have f′(x)=2x2−2x+C for some real constant C. (Exercise: Try to write out the integration process on your own.)
Since f'(-2) = 3, we know that
2(−2)2−2(−2)+C=3C=−9
Then f'(x) = 2x^2 - 2x - 9.
To find f(x), it is pretty much the same process, just with f''(x) replaced with f'(x) and f'(x) replaced with f(x). Please try to do that on your own.