Miss Battaglia AP Calculus AB/BC
A function f is increasing on an interval for any two numbers x 1 and x 2 in the interval, x 1 <x 2 implies f(x 1 )<f(x 2 ) A function f is decreasing on an interval for any two numbers x 1 and x 2 in the interval, x 1 f(x 2 ) Increasing! Pierre the Mountain Climbing Ant is climbing the hill from left to right. Decreasing! Pierre is walking downhill.
Let f be a function that is continuous on the closed interval [a,b] and differentiable on the open interval (a,b). 1. If f’(x)>0 for all x in (a,b), then f is increasing on [a,b] 2. If f’(x)<0 for all x in (a,b), then f is decreasing on [a,b] 3. If f’(x)=0 for all x in (a,b), then f is contant on [a,b]
Find the open intervals on which is increasing or decreasing.
Find the first derivative. Set the derivative equal to zero and solve for x. Put the critical numbers you found on a number line (dividing it into regions). Pick a value from each region, plug it into the first derivative and note whether your result is positive or negative. Indicate where the function is increasing or decreasing.
Find the relative extrema of the function in the interval (0,2π)
Find the relative extrema of
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