Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter 3 - Applications of Differentiation - 3.3 Exercises - Page 184: 53

Answer

$$\eqalign{ & {\text{Increasing on: }}\left( {\frac{{3\pi }}{2},\frac{{9\pi }}{2}} \right) \cr & {\text{Decreasing on: }}\left( {0,\frac{{3\pi }}{2}} \right){\text{ and}}\left( {\frac{{9\pi }}{2},6\pi } \right) \cr & f'\left( x \right) = - \cos \left( {\frac{x}{3}} \right) \cr} $$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & f\left( x \right) = - 3\sin \left( {\frac{x}{3}} \right),{\text{ }}\left[ {0,6\pi } \right] \cr & \left( {\text{a}} \right){\text{ Using a computer algebra system }}\left( {{\text{Geogrebra}}} \right){\text{ we obtain }} \cr & {\text{the derivative of the function}}{\text{.}} \cr & f'\left( x \right) = - 3\cos \left( {\frac{x}{3}} \right)\left( {\frac{1}{3}} \right) \cr & f'\left( x \right) = - \cos \left( {\frac{x}{3}} \right) \cr & \cr & \left( {\text{b}} \right){\text{ Sketch the graph of }}f\left( x \right){\text{ and }}f'\left( x \right){\text{ }}\left( {{\text{See graph below}}} \right) \cr & \left( {\text{c}} \right){\text{From the graph we obtain the critical numbers}} \cr & x = \frac{{3\pi }}{2}{\text{ and }}x = \frac{{9\pi }}{2} \cr & \cr & \left( {\text{d}} \right){\text{ From the graph, we can see that the function is:}} \cr & {\text{Increasing on: }}\left( {\frac{{3\pi }}{2},\frac{{9\pi }}{2}} \right) \cr & {\text{Decreasing on: }}\left( {0,\frac{{3\pi }}{2}} \right){\text{ and}}\left( {\frac{{9\pi }}{2},6\pi } \right) \cr} $$
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