MAT237Y1 Lecture : 5.1 concavity.pdf

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A few of these things we"ve gone over before, but we"re going to go over them again, because they are very important in this chapter. Let f be a continuous function on [a, b], and di on (a, b). Increasing on [a, b]: f (x) > 0 on (a, b). Decreasing on [a, b]: f (x) < 0 on (a, b). Constant on [a, b]: f (x) = 0 on (a, b). Example: find the intervals on which f (x) = 1. 3 x3 2x2 + 3x 4 is increasing and decreasing. Solution: f (x) = x2 4x + 3 = (x 3)(x 1). The idea with this type of problem is to see when f (x) = 0. The only times f (x) will change signs (because that"s what we"re lookinig for) are when f (x) = 0 or unde ned.

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