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Study3.1#15,1125,29,33,41,6366all
Goals:
1.Understandcriticalnumbersandhow
tofindthem.
2.Understandthedifferencebetween
relativeextremaandabsoluteextrema.
3.Understandhowcriticalnumbersrelate
totherelativeextremaofthefunction.
4.Findabsoluteextremaonaclosed
interval.

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Describewhathappenstothegraphon[1,4]

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Describewhathappenstothegraphon[1,4]

Lookingatyvaluesasxchanges,
Isthereamaximumyvalueon[1,4]?
Isthereaminimumyvalueon[1,4]?

Wouldtheminimumyvaluebedifferenton[0,4]?

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DefinitionofExtrema:LetfbedefinedonanintervalI
containingc.(NotethatIcanbeopenorclosed.)

1.f(c)isaminimumoffonIiff(c)<f(x)forallxinI.

2.f(c)isamaximumoffonIiff(c)>f(x)forallxinI.

Themaximumandminimumvaluesareextremevalues.
Notethatthesearevaluesoff(ory),notvaluesofx.

Theminimumandmaximumontheintervalarecalledthe
absoluteminimumandabsolutemaximum.

ExtremeValueTheorem
Iffiscontinuousonaclosedinterval[a,b],thenfhasbotha
minimumandamaximumontheinterval.

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Describewhathappenstothegraphon[1,4]

Weneedawaytodescribethepoints
wherethegraphoffturns:
fromuptodown
fromdowntoup

Restricttheintervaltoanopenintervalcontainingthepoint.Then,

DefinitionofRelativeExtrema:
1.Ifthereisanopenintervalcontainingconwhichf(c)isamaximum,thenf(c)
iscalledarelativemaximumoff.Orfhasarelativemaxat(c,f(c)).

2.Ifthereisanopenintervalcontainingconwhichf(c)isaminimum,thenf(c)
iscalledarelativeminimumoff.Orfhasarelativeminat(c,f(c)).

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Problem1.Ateachlabeledpoint,determineifthereisa
relativeminormax,oranabsoluteminormax.

A
B
C
D
E
F
G

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Problem1.Ateachlabeledpoint,determineifthereisa
relativeminormax,oranabsoluteminormax.

Anone
BAbsoluteMax
Cnone
DAbsoluteMin
Erelativemax
Frelativemin
Gnone

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On[1,4]

()

Whatistheslopeofthetangentlineattheseextrema?
Cantheslopehelpustofindtheextrema?
Ifso,forwhichextremaisithelpful?

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DefinitionofCriticalNumber:CN

Letfbedefinedatc.Iff'(c)=0,or
iffisnotdifferentiableatc,

thencisacriticalnumberoff.

CN
CN

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CN:
1.ydefined?
2.xwheny'=0?
3.xwheny'dne?

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CN:
1.ydefined?
2.xwheny'=0?
3.xwheny'dne?

Thereare3CriticalNumbers

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CN:
1.ydefined?
2.xwheny'=0?
3.xwheny'dne?

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CN:
1.ydefined?
2.xwheny'=0?
3.xwheny'dne?

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RelationshipbetweenextremaandCN?

DoallextremaoccuratCNs?

DoallCNsoccuratextrema?

Extrema ? CN

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Atextrema,f'(x)=0
orf'(x)dne
Extrema CN

Extrema CN

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RelationshipbetweenextremaandCN?

DoallextremaoccuratCNs? Yes.

DoallCNsoccuratextrema? Notalways,but
sometimes.

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FindAbsoluteExtrema,ClosedInterval
1.FindCV'sfortheintervalandcorrespondingyvalues

2.Evaluatetofindyattheendpoints

3.CompareallyvaluesforboththeCV'sandtheendpts.
s
LargestABSOLUTEMAX CN

p ts
SmallestABSOLUTEMIN nd
E

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s
CN

s
dpt
En

CN:
1.ydefined?
2.xwheny'=0?
3.xwheny'dne?

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s
CN

s
dpt
En

CN:
1.ydefined?
2.xwheny'=0?
3.xwheny'dne?

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s
CN

s
d pt
En

CN:
1.ydefined?
2.xwheny'=0?
3.xwheny'dne?

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s
CN

s
d pt
En

CN:
1.ydefined?
2.xwheny'=0?
3.xwheny'dne?

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CN:
1.ydefined?
2.xwheny'=0?
3.xwheny'dne?

s
CN

ts
dp
En

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CN:
1.ydefined?
2.xwheny'=0?
3.xwheny'dne?

s
CN

ts
dp
En

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CN:
1.ydefined?
2.xwheny'=0?
3.xwheny'dne?

s
CN
s
d pt
En

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CN:
1.ydefined?
2.xwheny'=0?
3.xwheny'dne?

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CN:
1.ydefined?
2.xwheny'=0?
3.xwheny'dne?

s
CN
s
d pt
En

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CN:
1.ydefined?
2.xwheny'=0?
3.xwheny'dne?
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