Tangents to a quartic

What are the maximum and minimum number of tangents that it's possible to have to a quartic curve? Can you prove it?

 

Ronan Downes

 
Resource Type
Activity
Tags
derivative  exploration  logic  polynomial-function  practice  quartic  tangent  tangent-line 
Target Group (Age)
15 – 18
Language
 
 
 
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