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Contextual Applications of Differentiation · Hard problem

A roller coaster car's position is s(t)=t4−8t3+18t2+5s(t)=t^4-8t^3+18t^2+5 feet for 0≤t≤50\le t\le5. Find the time at which the car's acceleration is changing least abruptly – that is, momentarily not changing at all (where the jerk, the derivative of the acceleration, is zero).