Science:Math Exam Resources/Courses/MATH102/December 2015/Question 01
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Question 01 |
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According to the graphs in the figure below, which of the following is true?
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All local maxima and minima on a function's graph occur at critical points of the function. |
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Solution |
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Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. By the hint, all local maxima and minima on a function's graph occur at critical points of the function. (i.e., the derivative vanishes at these points.) Since at the local local extrema of the function , the function vanishes, we expect . Indeed, on the interval where increases, the function values of are positive, while on the intervals where decreases, the values are negative. This is consistent with the the statement that . In a similar way, we can find because at the local local extrema of the function , the function vanishes, and the intervals where has positive(negative) sign also match with the intervals where increases(decreases). In sum, we have . Answer: . |