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Extrema
If f(c) f(x) (y values) for all x on an interval, then _______________ is the ________________ (value) of
f(x) (the function) on that interval.
If f(c) f(x) (y-values) for all x on an interval, then _______________ is the ________________ (value) of
f(x) (the function) on that interval.

The Extreme Value Theorem

(IVT)

If f(x) is __________________________ on a ________________________ interval [a, b], then f(x) has

both a ___________________________ and a minimum on [a, b].

Where, if anywhere, do the graphs indicate an absolute extrema? Does the EVT apply?

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Relative extrema
A relative or __________________extremum:

Look back at the graphs we just looked at and find the relative max and mins. What is true, calculusly, at
each of these points?

Critical numbers:

How does one find the absolute min and max y-value of a function on a closed interval?
Find the absolute extrema of f(x) = 2x 3x2/3 on [-1, 3].

1. Find all, if any, ________________ numbers on the interval.

2. Find the y-value for each critical number and for each ______ ____________.

3. ________________ y-values, The _____________ is the max and the smallest the minimum.

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Rolles Theorem
If f(x) is continuous on __________ and ______________________ on (a, b), and if f(a) = ________ ( = 0),
then there _____________ at least one number c on __________________ such that __________ = _____.

Rolles theorem is another ___________________ theorem, that does not tell us ____________ to find the
c, just that one exists.

If Rolles Theorem applies, find the c(s) guaranteed by Rolles Theorem for f(x) = x4 2x2 on [-2, 2].

Besides f '(c) = 0 Rolles is saying:

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Mean Value Theorem

If f(x) is ____________________ on [a, b] and differentiable on _____________, then there _____________
at least one number c on __________________ such that f ' (c) = ___________ .
A picture is worth a _________________ words:

Find the c guaranteed by the MVT for y

4
on [1, 4].
x

Besides saying that f '(c) =

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Increasing/decreasing
Definitions:
If b > a and if f(b) > f(a) for all values of x on an interval then the function is said to be
__________________ on that interval.
If b > a and if f(b) f(a) for all values of x on an interval then the function is said to be
__________________ on that interval.

Facts:
It is ___________ the definition of increasing, the above is, but a __________________ fact about an
increasing interval is that _____ is _______________________.
For decreasing intervals, _______ is _______________________.

What is true graphically and calculusly when a graph changes from increasing to decreasing?

The f (x) test

Find all, if any, intervals of increasing or decreasing and find all, if any relative maximum and minimum
3
points for f (x) x 3 x 2 .
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The first derivative test is a test to determine if a _____________________ point is a ________________

maximum, minimum or ___________________.

Use the fist derivative test and find all, if any, inc. and dec. intervals and all, if any, relative max and mins
for f(x) = (x2 -4)2/3.

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Not the f (x) test

What is happening graphically when f (x) = 0?
Is the graph increasing or decreasing?
If a derivative is a rate of change, then f (x) = 0 says that f (x) is ___________ ________________.
What is happening graphically when f (x) is positive? or negative?

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The f tells us if the graph is ____________________ up or down.

At some point a graph will change from being concave up to concave down, or ___________ ___________.
The point at which this change occurs is known as an ____________________ point.

The definition of an inflection point is the point where a graph

A fact about an inflection point is that at an inflection point ______________ = 0 or undefined.

Find all, if any, intervals where f(x) is concave up and down and find all, if any, points of inflection for
f(x) = -x3 +3x2 -2

NOTE: What we just did is _____________ called the second derivative test. It isnt called ______________
but we can call it

There is by the way a __________________ derivative test. This just _______________ it.

If the sign of the f ' does _________ change around a critical number then that ______________ point is an
_____________________ point.

Two types of inflection points:

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The f (x) test ?

f (2) = 5
f (2) = 0
f (2) = 5
sup at 2?

The __________________ ____________________ ___________ tests to see if a ________________ point

is relative min or max.

f(2) = 3
f (2) = 0
f(1) = 5
f(5) = 7
If 2 is the only x for which f ' (x) = 0, sup at 2?

The __________________ ___________ tests to see if a ________________ point is relative min or max.
If you are not testing to see if a ______________ ________________ is a _________________ min, max or
_______________, then you are not doing the f(x), f (x) or ____________ tests.

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The full package curve sketch

Find all, if any, intervals where f(x) is increasing/decreasing.
Find all, if any, relative maximum or minimums.
Find all, if any, intervals where f(x) is concave up/down.
Find all, if any, inflection points.
Use all this to sketch the graph of f(x).
f (x) 3x 5 5x 3

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Full package
y = sin2(x) [0, 2]
y

2x
x2 1