Calculus of a Single Variable

Ron Larson, Bruce Edwards

Chapter 3

Applications of Differentiation - all with Video Answers

Educators

Section 1

Extrema on an Interval

Problem 1

Finding the Value of the Derivative at Relative Extrema In Exercises $1-6,$ find the value of the derivative (if it exists) at each indicated extremum.
$$
f(x)=\frac{x^{2}}{x^{2}+4}
$$

Anthony Ramos

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 2

Finding the Value of the Derivative at Relative Extrema In Exercises $1-6,$ find the value of the derivative (if it exists) at each indicated extremum.
$$
f(x)=\cos \frac{\pi x}{2}
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 3

Finding the Value of the Derivative at Relative Extrema In Exercises $1-6,$ find the value of the derivative (if it exists) at each indicated extremum.
$$
g(x)=x+\frac{4}{x^{2}}
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 4

Finding the Value of the Derivative at Relative Extrema In Exercises $1-6,$ find the value of the derivative (if it exists) at each indicated extremum.
$$
f(x)=-3 x \sqrt{x+1}
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 5

Finding the Value of the Derivative at Relative Extrema In Exercises $1-6,$ find the value of the derivative (if it exists) at each indicated extremum.
$$
f(x)=(x+2)^{2 / 3}
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 6

Finding the Value of the Derivative at Relative Extrema In Exercises $1-6,$ find the value of the derivative (if it exists) at each indicated extremum.
$$
f(x)=4-|x|
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 7

Approximating Critical Numbers In Exercises $7-10$ , approximate the critical numbers of the function shown in the graph. Determine whether the function has a relative maximum, a relative minimum, an absolute maximum, an absolute minimum, or none of these at each critical number on the interval shown.
graph can't copy

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 8

Approximating Critical Numbers In Exercises $7-10$ , approximate the critical numbers of the function shown in the graph. Determine whether the function has a relative maximum, a relative minimum, an absolute maximum, an absolute minimum, or none of these at each critical number on the interval shown.
graph can't copy

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 9

Approximating Critical Numbers In Exercises $7-10$ , approximate the critical numbers of the function shown in the graph. Determine whether the function has a relative maximum, a relative minimum, an absolute maximum, an absolute minimum, or none of these at each critical number on the interval shown.
graph can't copy

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 10

Approximating Critical Numbers In Exercises $7-10$ , approximate the critical numbers of the function shown in the graph. Determine whether the function has a relative maximum, a relative minimum, an absolute maximum, an absolute minimum, or none of these at each critical number on the interval shown.
graph can't copy

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 11

Finding Critical Numbers In Exercises $11-16,$ find the critical numbers of the function.
$$
f(x)=x^{3}-3 x^{2}
$$

Linh Vu

Numerade Educator

Problem 12

Finding Critical Numbers In Exercises $11-16,$ find the critical numbers of the function.
$$
g(x)=x^{4}-8 x^{2}
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 13

Finding Critical Numbers In Exercises $11-16,$ find the critical numbers of the function.
$$
g(t)=t \sqrt{4-t}, t<3
$$

Linh Vu

Numerade Educator

Problem 14

Finding Critical Numbers In Exercises $11-16,$ find the critical numbers of the function.
$$
f(x)=\frac{4 x}{x^{2}+1}
$$

Linh Vu

Numerade Educator

Problem 15

Finding Critical Numbers In Exercises $11-16,$ find the critical numbers of the function.
$$
\begin{array}{l}{h(x)=\sin ^{2} x+\cos x} \\ {0<x<2 \pi}\end{array}
$$

Linh Vu

Numerade Educator

Problem 16

Finding Critical Numbers In Exercises $11-16,$ find the critical numbers of the function.
$$
\begin{array}{l}{f(\theta)=2 \sec \theta+\tan \theta} \\ {0<\theta<2 \pi}\end{array}
$$

Linh Vu

Numerade Educator

Problem 17

Finding Extrema on a Closed Interval In Exercises $17-36$ , find the absolute extrema of the function on the closed interval.
$$
f(x)=3-x,[-1,2]
$$

Linh Vu

Numerade Educator

Problem 18

Finding Extrema on a Closed Interval In Exercises $17-36$ , find the absolute extrema of the function on the closed interval.
$$
f(x)=\frac{3}{4} x+2,[0,4]
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 19

Finding Extrema on a Closed Interval In Exercises $17-36$ , find the absolute extrema of the function on the closed interval.
$$
g(x)=2 x^{2}-8 x, \quad[0,6]
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 20

Finding Extrema on a Closed Interval In Exercises $17-36$ , find the absolute extrema of the function on the closed interval.
$$
h(x)=5-x^{2},[-3,1]
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 21

Finding Extrema on a Closed Interval In Exercises $17-36$ , find the absolute extrema of the function on the closed interval.
$$
f(x)=x^{3}-\frac{3}{2} x^{2},[-1,2]
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 22

Finding Extrema on a Closed Interval In Exercises $17-36$ , find the absolute extrema of the function on the closed interval.
$$
f(x)=2 x^{3}-6 x,[0,3]
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 23

Finding Extrema on a Closed Interval In Exercises $17-36$ , find the absolute extrema of the function on the closed interval.
$$
y=3 x^{2 / 3}-2 x,[-1,1]
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 24

Finding Extrema on a Closed Interval In Exercises $17-36$ , find the absolute extrema of the function on the closed interval.
$$
g(x)=\sqrt[3]{x},[-8,8]
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 25

Finding Extrema on a Closed Interval In Exercises $17-36$ , find the absolute extrema of the function on the closed interval.
$$
g(t)=\frac{t^{2}}{t^{2}+3},[-1,1]
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 26

Finding Extrema on a Closed Interval In Exercises $17-36$ , find the absolute extrema of the function on the closed interval.
$$
f(x)=\frac{2 x}{x^{2}+1},[-2,2]
$$

Linh Vu

Numerade Educator

Problem 27

Finding Extrema on a Closed Interval In Exercises $17-36$ , find the absolute extrema of the function on the closed interval.
$$
h(s)=\frac{1}{s-2},[0,1]
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 28

Finding Extrema on a Closed Interval In Exercises $17-36$ , find the absolute extrema of the function on the closed interval.
$$
h(t)=\frac{t}{t+3},[-1,6]
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 29

Finding Extrema on a Closed Interval In Exercises $17-36$ , find the absolute extrema of the function on the closed interval.
$$
y=3-|t-3|,[-1,5]
$$

Linh Vu

Numerade Educator

Problem 30

Finding Extrema on a Closed Interval In Exercises $17-36$ , find the absolute extrema of the function on the closed interval.
$$
g(x)=|x+4|,[-7,1]
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 31

Finding Extrema on a Closed Interval In Exercises $17-36$ , find the absolute extrema of the function on the closed interval.
$$
f(x)=[[x]],[-2,2]
$$

Linh Vu

Numerade Educator

Problem 32

Finding Extrema on a Closed Interval In Exercises $17-36$ , find the absolute extrema of the function on the closed interval.
$$
h(x)=[[2-x]],[-2,2]
$$

Linh Vu

Numerade Educator

Problem 33

Finding Extrema on a Closed Interval In Exercises $17-36$ , find the absolute extrema of the function on the closed interval.
$$
f(x)=\sin x,\left[\frac{5 \pi}{6}, \frac{11 \pi}{6}\right]
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 34

Finding Extrema on a Closed Interval In Exercises $17-36$ , find the absolute extrema of the function on the closed interval.
$$
g(x)=\sec x,\left[-\frac{\pi}{6}, \frac{\pi}{3}\right]
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 35

Finding Extrema on a Closed Interval In Exercises $17-36$ , find the absolute extrema of the function on the closed interval.
$$
y=3 \cos x,[0,2 \pi]
$$

Linh Vu

Numerade Educator

Problem 36

Finding Extrema on a Closed Interval In Exercises $17-36$ , find the absolute extrema of the function on the closed interval.
$$
y=\tan \left(\frac{\pi x}{8}\right),[0,2]
$$

Linh Vu

Numerade Educator

Problem 37

Finding Extrema on an Interval In Exercises $37-40$ , find the absolute extrema of the function (if any exist) on each interval.
$$
\begin{array}{l}{f(x)=2 x-3} \\ {\begin{array}{ll}{\text { (a) }[0,2]} & {\text { (b) }[0,2)} \\ {\text { (c) }(0,2]} & {\text { (d) }(0,2)}\end{array}}\end{array}
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 38

Finding Extrema on an Interval In Exercises $37-40$ , find the absolute extrema of the function (if any exist) on each interval.
$$
\begin{array}{l}{f(x)=5-x} \\ {\text { (a) }[1,4]} & {\text { (b) }[1,4)} \\ {\text { (c) }(1,4]} & {\text { (d) }(1,4)}\end{array}
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 39

Finding Extrema on an Interval In Exercises $37-40$ , find the absolute extrema of the function (if any exist) on each interval.
$$
\begin{array}{l}{f(x)=x^{2}-2 x} \\ {\begin{array}{ll}{\text { (a) }[-1,2]} & {\text { (b) }(1,3]} \\ {\text { (c) }(0,2)} & {\text { (d) }[1,4)}\end{array}}\end{array}
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 40

Finding Extrema on an Interval In Exercises $37-40$ , find the absolute extrema of the function (if any exist) on each interval.
$$
\begin{array}{l}{f(x)=\sqrt{4-x^{2}}} \\ {\text { (a) }[-2,2] \quad \text { (b) }[-2,0)} \\ {\text { (c) }(-2,2) \quad \text { (d) }[1,2)}\end{array}
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 41

Finding Absolute Extrema In Exercises $41-44,$ use a graphing utility to graph the function and find the absolute extrema of the function on the given interval.
$$
f(x)=\frac{3}{x-1}, \quad(1,4]
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 42

Finding Absolute Extrema In Exercises $41-44,$ use a graphing utility to graph the function and find the absolute extrema of the function on the given interval.
$$
f(x)=\frac{2}{2-x}, \quad[0,2)
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 43

Finding Absolute Extrema In Exercises $41-44,$ use a graphing utility to graph the function and find the absolute extrema of the function on the given interval.
$$
f(x)=x^{4}-2 x^{3}+x+1, \quad[-1,3]
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 44

Finding Absolute Extrema In Exercises $41-44,$ use a graphing utility to graph the function and find the absolute extrema of the function on the given interval.
$$
f(x)=\sqrt{x}+\cos \frac{x}{2}, \quad[0,2 \pi]
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 45

Finding Extrema Using Technology In Exercises 45 and $46,(\text { a) use a computer algebra system to graph the function }$ and approximate any absolute extrema on the given interval.
(b) Use the utility to find any critical numbers, and use them to find any absolute extrema not located at the endpoints. Compare the results with those in part (a).
$$
f(x)=3.2 x^{5}+5 x^{3}-3.5 x, \quad[0,1]
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 46

Finding Extrema Using Technology In Exercises 45 and $46,(\text { a) use a computer algebra system to graph the function }$ and approximate any absolute extrema on the given interval.
(b) Use the utility to find any critical numbers, and use them to find any absolute extrema not located at the endpoints. Compare the results with those in part (a).
$$
f(x)=\frac{4}{3} x \sqrt{3-x}, \quad[0,3]
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 47

Finding Maximum Values Using Technology In Exercises 47 and $48,$ use a computer algebra system to find the maximum value of $\left|f^{\prime \prime}(x)\right|$ on the closed interval. (This value is used in the error estimate for the Trapezoidal Rule, as discussed in Section 4.6.)
$$
f(x)=\sqrt{1+x^{3}}, \quad[0,2]
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 48

Finding Maximum Values Using Technology In Exercises 47 and $48,$ use a computer algebra system to find the maximum value of $\left|f^{\prime \prime}(x)\right|$ on the closed interval. (This value is used in the error estimate for the Trapezoidal Rule, as discussed in Section 4.6.)
$$
f(x)=\frac{1}{x^{2}+1}, \quad\left[\frac{1}{2}, 3\right]
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 49

Finding Maximum Values Using Technology In Exercises 49 and $50,$ use a computer algebra system to find the maximum value of $\left|f^{(4)}(x)\right|$ on the closed interval. (This value is used in the error estimate for Simpson's Rule, as discussed in Section 4.6.)
$$
f(x)=(x+1)^{2 / 3}, \quad[0,2]
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 50

Finding Maximum Values Using Technology In Exercises 49 and $50,$ use a computer algebra system to find the maximum value of $\left|f^{(4)}(x)\right|$ on the closed interval. (This value is used in the error estimate for Simpson's Rule, as discussed in Section 4.6.)
$$
f(x)=\frac{1}{x^{2}+1}, \quad[-1,1]
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 51

Writing Write a short paragraph explaining why a continuous function on an open interval may not have a maximum or minimum. Illustrate your explanation with a sketch of the graph of such a function.

Ayush Naidu

Numerade Educator

Problem 52

HOW DO YOU SEE IT? Determine whether each labeled point is an absolute maximum or minimum, a relative maximum or minimum, or none of these.

Arushi Sahay

Numerade Educator

Problem 53

Creating the Graph of a Function In Exercises 53 and $54,$ graph a function on the interval $[-2,5]$ having the given characteristics.
$$
\begin{array}{l}{\text { Absolute maximum at } x=-2} \\ {\text { Absolute minimum at } x=1} \\ {\text { Relative maximum at } x=3}\end{array}
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 54

Creating the Graph of a Function In Exercises 53 and $54,$ graph a function on the interval $[-2,5]$ having the given characteristics.
$$
\begin{array}{l}{\text { Relative minimum at } x=-1} \\ {\text { Critical number (but no extremum) at } x=0} \\ {\text { Absolute maximum at } x=2} \\ {\text { Absolute minimum at } x=5}\end{array}
$$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 55

Using Graphs In Exercises $55-58$ , determine from the graph whether $f$ has a minimum in the open interval $(a, b) .$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 56

Using Graphs In Exercises $55-58$ , determine from the graph whether $f$ has a minimum in the open interval $(a, b) .$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 57

Using Graphs In Exercises $55-58$ , determine from the graph whether $f$ has a minimum in the open interval $(a, b) .$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 58

Using Graphs In Exercises $55-58$ , determine from the graph whether $f$ has a minimum in the open interval $(a, b) .$

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 59

Power The formula for the power output $P$ of a battery is
$$P=V I-R I^{2}$$
where $V$ is the electromotive force in volts, $R$ is the resistance in ohms, and $I$ is the current in amperes. Find the current that corresponds to a maximum value of $P$ in a battery for which $V=12$ volts and $R=0.5$ ohm. Assume that a 15 -ampere fuse bounds the output in the interval $0 \leq I \leq 15 .$ Could the power output be increased by replacing the 15 -ampere fuse with a 20 -ampere fuse? Explain.

Doruk Isik

Numerade Educator

Problem 60

Lawn Sprinkler A lawn sprinkler is constructed in such a way that $d \theta / d t$ is constant, where $\theta$ ranges between $45^{\circ}$ and $135^{\circ}$ (see figure). The distance the water travels horizontally is
$$x=\frac{v^{2} \sin 2 \theta}{32}, \quad 45^{\circ} \leq \theta \leq 135^{\circ}$$
where $v$ is the speed of the water. Find $d x / d t$ and explain why this lawn sprinkler does not water evenly. What part of the lawn receives the most water?

Carson Merrill

Numerade Educator

Problem 61

Honeycomb The surface area of a cell in a honeycomb is
$$S=6 h s+\frac{3 s^{2}}{2}\left(\frac{\sqrt{3}-\cos \theta}{\sin \theta}\right)$$
where $h$ and $s$ are positive constants and $\theta$ is the angle at which the upper faces meet the altitude of the cell (see figure). Find the angle $\theta(\pi / 6 \leq \theta \leq \pi / 2)$ that minimizes the surface area $S$ .

Melissa Munoz

Numerade Educator

Problem 62

Highway Design In order to build a highway, it is necessary to fill a section of a valley where the grades (slopes) of the sides are 9$\%$ and 6$\%$ (see figure). The top of the filled region will have the shape of a parabolic arc that is tangent to the two slopes at the points $A$ and $B$ . The horizontal distances from $A$ to the $y$ -axis and from $B$ to the $y$ -axis are both 500 feet.
(a) Find the coordinates of $A$ and $B$
(b) Find a quadratic function $y=a x^{2}+b x+c$ for $-500 \leq x \leq 500$ that describes the top of the filled region.
(c) Construct a table giving the depths $d$ of the fill for $x=-500,-400,-300,-200,-100,0,100,200,300,$ $400,$ and 500
(d) What will be the lowest point on the completed highway? Will it be directly over the point where the two hillsides come together?

Arushi Sahay

Numerade Educator

Problem 63

True or False? In Exercises $63-66$ , determine whether the statement is true or false. If it is false, explain why or give an example that shows it is false.
The maximum of a function that is continuous on a closed interval can occur at two different values in the interval.

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator

Problem 64

True or False? In Exercises $63-66$ , determine whether the statement is true or false. If it is false, explain why or give an example that shows it is false.
If a function is continuous on a closed interval, then it must have a minimum on the interval.

Linh Vu

Numerade Educator

Problem 65

True or False? In Exercises $63-66$ , determine whether the statement is true or false. If it is false, explain why or give an example that shows it is false.
If $x=c$ is a critical number of the function $f,$ then it is also a critical number of the function $g(x)=f(x)+k,$ where $k$ is a constant.

Linh Vu

Numerade Educator

Problem 66

True or False? In Exercises $63-66$ , determine whether the statement is true or false. If it is false, explain why or give an example that shows it is false.
If $x=c$ is a critical number of the function $f,$ then it is also a critical number of the function $g(x)=f(x-k),$ where $k$ is a constant.

Linh Vu

Numerade Educator

Problem 67

Functions Let the function $f$ be differentiable on an interval $I$ containing $c .$ If $f$ has a maximum value at $x=c$ , show that $-f$ has a minimum value at $x=c$ .

Doruk Isik

Numerade Educator

Problem 68

Critical Numbers Consider the cubic function $f(x)=a x^{3}+b x^{2}+c x+d,$ where $a \neq 0 .$ Show that $f$ can have zero, one, or two critical numbers and give an example of each case.

Arushi Sahay

Numerade Educator

Problem 69

Determine all real numbers $a>0$ for which there exists a nonnegative continuous function $f(x)$ defined on $[0, a]$ with the property that the region $R=\{(x, y) ; 0 \leq x \leq a$ $0 \leq y \leq f(x) \}$ has perimeter $k$ units and area $k$ square units for some real number $k$ .

Anthony Ramos

Numerade Educator