need help on this business cal problem

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f(x)=x-4/x^2 and i have to find all the values of x that correspond to horizontal tangent lines and select none if the function does not have any values of that correspond?
 
f(x) = x4x2, f(x) = 1+8x3 = 0      x = 2\displaystyle f(x) \ = \ x-\frac{4}{x^{2}}, \ f'(x) \ = \ 1+\frac{8}{x^{3}} \ = \ 0 \ \implies \ x \ = \ -2

f(2) = 3, f(2) = 0 = m, hence y = 3 (horizontal tangent), see graph.\displaystyle f(-2) \ = \ -3, \ f'(-2) \ = \ 0 \ = \ m, \ hence \ y \ = \ -3 \ (horizontal \ tangent), \ see \ graph.

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