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 - 3.5 Exercises - Page 203: 69

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$$\eqalign{ & y = 2 - \frac{3}{{{x^2}}} \cr & {\text{Find the }}y{\text{ intercept, let }}x = 0 \cr & y = 2 - \frac{3}{{{{\left( 0 \right)}^2}}} \cr & {\text{No }}y{\text{ - intercept}}{\text{.}} \cr & {\text{Find the }}x{\text{ intercept, let }}y = 0 \cr & 0 = 2 - \frac{3}{{{x^2}}} \cr & 2{x^2} = 3 \cr & x = \pm \sqrt {\frac{3}{2}} \cr & x{\text{ - intercepts }}\left( { \pm \sqrt {\frac{3}{2}} ,0} \right) \cr & \cr & *{\text{Find the extrema}} \cr & {\text{Differentiate}} \cr & y' = \frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {2 - \frac{3}{{{x^2}}}} \right] \cr & y' = - \left( { - 6{x^{ - 3}}} \right) \cr & y' = \frac{6}{{{x^3}}} \cr & {\text{Let }}y' = 0 \cr & \frac{6}{{{x^3}}},{\text{ there are no values at which }}y' = 0. \cr & {\text{No relative extrema}}{\text{.}} \cr & \cr & {\text{*Calculate the asymptotes}} \cr & 2 - \frac{3}{{{x^2}}} \cr & {x^2} = 0 \to x = 0 \cr & {\text{Vertical asymptotes at }}x = 0 \cr & \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } 2 - \frac{3}{{{x^2}}} = 2 \cr & \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to - \infty } 2 - \frac{3}{{{x^2}}} = 2 \cr & {\text{Horizontal asymptote }}y = 2 \cr & \cr & {\text{*Symmetry}} \cr & f\left( { - x} \right) = 2 - \frac{3}{{{{\left( { - x} \right)}^2}}} \cr & f\left( { - x} \right) = 2 - \frac{3}{{{x^2}}} \cr & f\left( { - x} \right) = f\left( x \right) \cr & f\left( { - x} \right) = f\left( x \right){\text{ The function is even}} \cr & {\text{Symmetry about the }}y{\text{ - axis}} \cr & \cr & {\text{Graph}} \cr} $$
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