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Recover a rational-curve parameter from an inflection

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The curve has an inflection at the prescribed x-coordinate. Recover B, then find the ordinate, tangent coefficients and third derivative at that point. Work on the original domain. An excluded pole is never an inflection

\[u=x-(-3),\quad f(x)=u+\frac{-6}u+\frac B{u^2},\quad x\ne-3,\quad x_0=0\]

Use the tangent form y=mx+q. Report all five values exactly as integers or fractions; justify the concavity change in your written working

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Complete the five exact local values