DEBARK UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT
APPLIED MATHEMATICS I WORK SHEETIII FOR CHEMISTRY AND STATISTICS AND
COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT ON APPLICATIONS OF DIFFERENTIATION
YEAR I, SEMISTER I
1. Define each of the following terms:-
a. Critical points c. Monotonicity e. Local (Relative) maximum values
b. Absolute extrema d. global extrema f. Local (Relative) minimum values
g. concavity(concave up & down) I. The 1st derivative test
h. Inflection points j. The 2nd derivative test
2. Find the Absolute maximum and minimum values of f on the given Interval
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a. f(x) = 3 x 2 -12x +5, [0, 3] c. f ( x)=(x ¿¿ 2−1) , ¿[-1, 2]
2
x −4
b. f(x) = x 3 - 3x +1, [0, 3] d. f(x) = 2
, [-4, 4]
x +4
x
3. Show that the function f(x) = increases on an every interval in its domain.
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4. State Rolls Theorem and Mean Value Theorem
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5. Is the function y = f(x) =
x - 5x on the interval I = [-5, 5] satisfies Rolls Theorem or Mean Value Theorem? If it satisfies
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Rolls Theorem or Mean Value Theorem find at least one number c in (-5, 5)?
6. Is the function y = f(x) = 4x4 –3x2 +2 on the interval I = [-5, 5] satisfies Rolls Theorem or Mean Value Theorem? If it satisfies
Rolls Theorem or Mean Value Theorem find at least one number c in (-1, 1)?
7. Is the function y = f(x) = x 3+ x on the interval I = [-4, 4] satisfies Rolls Theorem or Mean Value Theorem? If it satisfies Rolls
Theorem or Mean Value Theorem find at least one number c in (-1, 1)?
8. Find the function f(x) whose derivative is sin x and whose Graph passes through the point (0, 2)?
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9. Find all the Critical numbers, Intervals of increasing or decreasing, and Local Extrema of the function f(x) =
x 3 (x-4)?
10. For the function f(x) = 2 x 4 -4 x 3-4 x 2+10
a. Find all the critical numbers of f?
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b. Find Absolute Extrema of the function f on the Interval I = [-1, ]
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c. Find Absolute Extrema of the function f on the Interval I = [0, 1]
d. Determine the intervals of Monotonicity
e. Find Local (Relative) Extrema of the function f.
11. Discuss the concavity (concave up and concave down), Critical points and inflection points of the function f(x) = sin x , -2π
≤ x ≤ 2π
12. Given that the function:-
A. f(x) = x 4 −¿6 x 2+ 8 x+10
B. f(x) = 4 x 3−¿ 6 x 2−9 x
C. f(x) = 3 x 4 −4 x 3
D. f(x) = x 4 −¿4 x 3
E. f(x) = x 4
a. Find all the critical points.
b. Show either f is increasing or decreasing function
c. Identify (find) intervals of monotonicity (intervals increasing and decreasing)
d. Find the Local (Relative) Extrema of the function
e. Discuss its concavity (concave up and concave down)
f. Find inflection points
13. Discuss the curve y = x 4 −¿4 x 3 with respect ¿ concavity , points of inflection, and Local maxima & Local minima
14. What are the guidelines to sketch the graph (write & explain each)?
15. Use guidelines to sketch the graph of the curve:
2 x4 x−2 x−1
a. y = c. y = e. y =
2
x −1 x2 −16 x2 −9
3
x−3 x −4 x
b. y = d. y = f. y =
x2 −1 x2 −1 2
x −1
16. Evaluate the Limits of the following:-
ln x
a). lim ¿) e. lim
x →0 x →1 x−1
x
lim ¿ e
b. π ) f. lim 2
x→
2 x →0 x
lim ¿ sin x
c. π ) g. lim
x→
2 x →0 x
x 2−1
d. lim
x→ ∞ 2 x 2 +1