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Given information

Use a graph to estimate the coordinates of the leftmost point on the curve then uses the calculus to find the exact coordinates.

 

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

Given:

The graph of the function is 

 

 

The leftmost point is

Then 

It means that the slope of tangent is at the point

Then 

Factoring we get 

Now

Hence 

The coordinates are

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