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Absolute minima at −2, 2; absolute maxima at −2.5, 2.5; local minimum at 0; local maxima at −1, 1
For the following problems, draw graphs of which is continuous, over the interval with the following properties:
Absolute maximum at and absolute minima at
Absolute minimum at and absolute maximum at
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Absolute maximum at absolute minimum at local maximum at and a critical point that is not a maximum or minimum at
Absolute maxima at and local minimum at and absolute minimum at
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For the following exercises, find the critical points in the domains of the following functions.
For the following exercises, find the local and/or absolute maxima for the functions over the specified domain.
For the following exercises, find the local and absolute minima and maxima for the functions over
For the following functions, use a calculator to graph the function and to estimate the absolute and local maxima and minima. Then, solve for them explicitly.
A company that produces cell phones has a cost function of where is cost in dollars and is number of cell phones produced (in thousands). How many units of cell phone (in thousands) minimizes this cost function?
A ball is thrown into the air and its position is given by Find the height at which the ball stops ascending. How long after it is thrown does this happen?
For the following exercises, consider the production of gold during the California gold rush (1848–1888). The production of gold can be modeled by where is the number of years since the rush began and is ounces of gold produced (in millions). A summary of the data is shown in the following figure.
Find when the maximum (local and global) gold production occurred, and the amount of gold produced during that maximum.
Find when the minimum (local and global) gold production occurred. What was the amount of gold produced during this minimum?
The global minimum was in 1848, when no gold was produced.
Find the critical points, maxima, and minima for the following piecewise functions.
For the following exercises, find the critical points of the following generic functions. Are they maxima, minima, or neither? State the necessary conditions.
given that
given that
No maxima/minima if is odd, minimum at if is even
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