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Differentiate the function with respect to x:

d/dx (x3 - 2x2 - 5x + 6) = 3x2 - 4x - 5

Set this derivative = 0 and solve.

3x2 - 4x - 5 = 0 implies that x = -0.7863 or 2.1196 (to 4 dp)

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