Given f(x) = x2 + 2/x where x is greater than 0. (a) Find the relative minimum of f using the 2nd derivative test. (b) Is the relative minimum found in part (a) also the absolute minimum of f? Use the First ...
Find {eq}f'(x) {/eq} using first derivative and put it equal to zero to find the roots of {eq}x {/eq}. Then find {eq}f''(x) {/eq} and put the values of x in the double derivative and check the sign. Depending upon t...
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When $\Delta x<0$ and $|\Delta x|$ is small enough,$f'(x_0+\Delta x)-f'(x_0)<0$,so $f'(x_0+\Delta x)<0$.So $x_0$ is a local minimum(why?According to the differential mean value theorem.) Remark 1:Similarly,\begin{equation} \label{eq:29.13.58} f'(x_0)=0,f'...
Apply Second Derivative Test to determine whether each critical point is a local maximum, local minimum, or saddle point, or whether the theorem is inconclusive.Example: using the second derivative test Find the critical points for each of the following functions, and use the second derivative tes...
We need to find where A has a maximum. We start by taking the derivative: A'(x) = 12 – 2x. This is zero when x = 6, so that's our only critical point. Use the second derivative test to see if this critical point is a maximum or a minimum. The second derivative is A...
WhenΔx<0Δx<0and|Δx||Δx|is small enough,f′(x0+Δx)−f′(x0)<0f′(x0+Δx)−f′(x0)<0,sof′(x0+Δx)<0f′(x0+Δx)<0.Sox0x0is a local minimum(why?According to the differential mean value theorem.) Remark 1:Similarly, ...
The second derivative can be used as an easier way of determining the nature of stationary points (whether they are maximum points, minimum points or points of inflection). A stationary point on a curve occurs when dy/dx = 0. Once you have established where there is a stationary point, th...
Proof of the Second-derivative Test in a special case. The simplest function is a linear function, w = w 0 + ax + by, but it does not in general have maximum or minimum points and its second derivatives are all zero. The simplest functions to have interesting critical points are the ...
2.apply the second derivative test to each critical point x0:f′′(x0)>0⇒x0is a local minimum point;f′′(x0)<0⇒x0is a local maximum point.The idea behind it is:at x0the slope f′(x0)=0;if f′′(x0)>0,then f′(x)is strictly increasing for x near x0,so that ...