First Derivative Test Review

Section 3.1 and 3.3

For problems 1-5, use the graph below.

f x = x3+3 x2 -x-3
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B: (-2.1, 3.1)
B
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A: (-3.0, 0.0) C: (-1.0, 0.0) E: (1.0, 0.0)

-20 -15 -10 -5
A C E 5

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D
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D: (0.1, -3.1)

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1. State the intervals that the function is increasing.

2. State the intervals that the function is decreasing.

3. State the intervals that the derivative of the function is positive.

4. State the intervals that the derivative of the function is negative.

5. State the x-values that the derivative of the function is zero.

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For problems 6-12, use the following function: f ( x ) 2x 3 x 3 x 2 . Use
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calculus to answer the following questionsshow work.

6. What are the critical value(s)?

7. What are the critical point(s)?

8. What is the relative maximum point(s) (if applicable)?

9. What is the relative minimum point(s) (if applicable)?

10. What intervals is the function increasing?

11. What intervals is the function decreasing?

12. Draw a sketch of the original function based on your answers to 6-11.
For problems 13-18, use the graph below. The graph is f ( x ) .

B: (-1.5, 13.1)
B
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A: (-3.0, 0.0) E: (2.0, 0.0)

-8 -6 -4
A -2
C: (1.0, 0.0) C
2 E 4 6

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D
D: (1.5, -1.1)
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13. State the intervals that the original function is increasing.

14. State the intervals that the original function is decreasing.

15. State the x-values that the original function is neither increasing nor decreasing.

16. At what x-values do relative maximum point(s) occur on the original function?

17. At what x-values do relative minimum point(s) occur on the original function?

18. Sketch the shape of the original function.

For problems 19-21 use the first derivative test to determine where the original
function is a) increasing, and b) decreasing.

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19. f ( x ) 24 2 x 3 6x 20. g ( x ) 2x 3 x 3x 5
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x 3
21. h( x ) 9x
x 1

For problems 22-24, find the absolute maximum and absolute minimum on the
given interval.

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22. k ( x ) 2x 2 6x 4 [1, 3] 23. n( x ) 9 x [1, 4]
x

24. p( x ) 16 x 2 2 x [2, 23]