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 - 3.4 Exercises - Page 192: 31

Answer

$${\text{Relative maximum at }}\left( {3,9} \right)$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & f\left( x \right) = 6x - {x^2} \cr & {\text{*Calculate the first derivative}} \cr & f'\left( x \right) = \frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {6x - {x^2}} \right] \cr & f'\left( x \right) = 6 - 2x \cr & {\text{Set }}f'\left( x \right) = 0 \cr & 6 - 2x = 0 \cr & x = 3 \cr & \cr & *{\text{Calculate the second derivative}} \cr & f''\left( x \right) = \frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {f'\left( x \right)} \right] \cr & f''\left( x \right) = \frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {6 - 2x} \right] \cr & f'\left( x \right) = - 2 \cr & \cr & {\text{Evaluate the second derivative at }}x = 3 \cr & f''\left( 3 \right) = - 2 \cr & f''\left( 3 \right) < 0,{\text{ Then by the second derivative test }}\left( {{\text{Theorem 3}}{\text{.9}}} \right) \cr & f\left( x \right){\text{ has a relative maximum at }}\left( {3,f\left( 3 \right)} \right) \cr & f\left( 3 \right) = 6\left( 3 \right) - {\left( 3 \right)^2} = 9 \cr & {\text{Relative maximum at }}\left( {3,9} \right) \cr} $$
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