Science:Math Exam Resources/Courses/MATH100/December 2013/Question 08 (b)
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Question 08 (b) |
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Full-Solution Problem. Justify your answer and show your work. Full simplification of numerical answers is required unless explicitly stated otherwise. Let . Determine the intervals where is increasing, and the intervals where is decreasing. (The results from part (a) may be useful.) |
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What is the sign of when is increasing? When is decreasing? |
Hint 2 |
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We know from part (a) that and that when . How can we use this to find where and where ? |
Hint 3 |
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Note also that has a vertical asymptote at . What can we say about the signs of when and when ? |
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Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. Where , is increasing; where , is decreasing. From part (a), we note that may change sign at its critical points and . We can construct a sign table to organize our calculations: From this table we observe that is increasing on and decreasing on . |