Chapter 3 - Applications of Differentiation - 3.5 Exercises - Page 203: 68

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$$\eqalign{ & y = \frac{{3x}}{{1 - {x^2}}} \cr & {\text{Find the }}y{\text{ intercept, let }}x = 0 \cr & y = \frac{{3\left( 0 \right)}}{{1 - {{\left( 0 \right)}^2}}} \to y = 0 \cr & y{\text{ - intercept }}\left( {0,0} \right) \cr & {\text{Find the }}x{\text{ intercept, let }}y = 0 \cr & 0 = \frac{{3x}}{{1 - {x^2}}} \cr & x = 0 \cr & x{\text{ - intercept }}\left( {0,0} \right) \cr & \cr & *{\text{Find the extrema}} \cr & {\text{Differentiate}} \cr & y' = \frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {\frac{{3x}}{{1 - {x^2}}}} \right] \cr & y' = \frac{{\left( {1 - {x^2}} \right)\left( 3 \right) - 3x\left( { - 2x} \right)}}{{{{\left( {1 - {x^2}} \right)}^2}}} \cr & y' = \frac{{3 - 3{x^2} + 6{x^2}}}{{{{\left( {9 - {x^2}} \right)}^2}}} \cr & y' = \frac{{3{x^2} + 3}}{{{{\left( {9 - {x^2}} \right)}^2}}} \cr & {\text{Let }}y' = 0 \cr & 3{x^2} + 3 = 0{\text{ There are no values at which }}y' = 0. \cr & {\text{No relative extrema}}{\text{.}} \cr & \cr & {\text{*Calculate the asymptotes}} \cr & \frac{{3x}}{{1 - {x^2}}} \cr & 1 - {x^2} = 0 \to x = \pm 1 \cr & {\text{Vertical asymptotes at }}x = \pm 1 \cr & \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } \frac{{3x}}{{1 - {x^2}}} = 0 \cr & \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to - \infty } \frac{{3x}}{{1 - {x^2}}} = 0 \cr & {\text{Horizontal asymptote }}y = 0 \cr & \cr & {\text{*Symmetry}} \cr & f\left( { - x} \right) = \frac{{3\left( { - x} \right)}}{{1 - {{\left( { - x} \right)}^2}}} \cr & f\left( { - x} \right) = - \frac{{3x}}{{1 - {x^2}}} \cr & {\text{Neither odd nor even, so there is no symmetry}}{\text{.}} \cr & \cr & {\text{Graph}} \cr} $$