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5-15.
This is the equation of a parabola. The 2nd derivative represents the concavity of the original equation.
Is y = (x −10)² concave up, concave down or neither?
g(x) is a linear equation.
g ''(x) represents its concavity.
Is a straight line concave up, concave down or neither?
Use the Power Rule.