Practice Problems

Work through the odd-numbered problems 1-43. Once you have completed the problem set, check your answers.

Answers

1. Local maximums at \mathrm{x}=3, \mathrm{x}=5, \mathrm{x}=9, and \mathrm{x}=13. Global maximums at \mathrm{x}=3 and \mathrm{x}=13.
Local minimums at \mathrm{x}=1, \mathrm{x}=4.5, \mathrm{x}=7, and \mathrm{x}=10.5. Global minimum at \mathrm{x}=7.


3. f(x)=x^{2}+8 x+7 so f^{\prime}(x)=2 x+8 which is defined for all values of x. f^{\prime}(x)=0 when \mathrm{x}=-4 so \mathrm{x}=-4 is a critical number. There are no endpoints.
The only critical number is x=-4, and the only critical point is (-4, f(-4))=(-4,-9) which is the global (and local) minimum.


5. f(x)=\sin (x) so f^{\prime}(x)=\cos (x) which is defined for all values of x. f^{\prime}(x)=0 when x=\frac{\pi}{2}+n \pi so the values \mathrm{x}=\frac{\pi}{2}+\mathrm{n} \pi are critical numbers. There are no endpoints.
\mathrm{f}(\mathrm{x})=\sin
    (\mathrm{x}) has local and global maximums at \mathrm{x}=\frac{\pi}{2}+2 \mathrm{n} \pi, and global and local minimums at \mathrm{x}=\frac{3 \pi}{2}+2 \mathrm{n} \pi.


7. \mathrm{f}(\mathrm{x})=(\mathrm{x}-1)^{2}(\mathrm{x}-3) so \mathrm{f}^{\prime}(\mathrm{x})=(\mathrm{x}-1)^{2}+2(\mathrm{x}-1)(\mathrm{x}-3)=(\mathrm{x}-1)(3 \mathrm{x}-7) which is defined for all values of x. f^{\prime}(x)=0 when x=1 and x=7 / 3 so x=1 and x=7 / 3 are critical numbers. There are no endpoints. The only critical points are (1,0) which is a local maximum and (7 / 3,-32 / 27) which is a local minimum. When the interval is the entire real number line, this function does not have a global maximum or global minimum.


9. \mathrm{f}(\mathrm{x})=2 \mathrm{x}^{3}-96 \mathrm{x}+42 so \mathrm{f}^{\prime}(\mathrm{x})=6 \mathrm{x}^{2}-96 which is defined for all values of \mathrm{x}. \mathrm{f}^{\prime}(\mathrm{x})=6(\mathrm{x}+4)(\mathrm{x}-4)=0 when \mathrm{x}=-4 and \mathrm{x}=4 so \mathrm{x}=-4 and \mathrm{x}=4 are critical numbers. There are no endpoints. The only critical points are (-4,298) which is a local maximum and (4,-214) which is a local minimum. When the interval is the entire real number line, this function does not have a global maximum or global minimum.


11. \mathrm{f}(\mathrm{x})=5 \mathrm{x}+\cos (2 \mathrm{x}+1) so \mathrm{f}^{\prime}(\mathrm{x})=5-2 \sin (2 \mathrm{x}+1) which is defined for all values of \mathrm{x}. \mathrm{f}^{\prime}(\mathrm{x}) is always positve (why?) so \mathrm{f}^{\prime}(\mathrm{x}) is never equal to 0. There are no endpoints. The function
f(x)=5 x+\cos (2 x+1) is always increasing and has no critical numbers, no critical points, no local or global maximums or minimums.


13. f(x)=e^{-(x-2)^{2}} so f^{\prime}(x)=-2(x-2) e^{-(x-2)^{2}} which is defined for all values of x. f^{\prime}(x)=0 when x=2 so x=2 is a critical number. There are no endpoints. The only critical point is (2,1) which is a local and global maximum. When the interval is the entire real number line, this function does not have a local or global minimum.


15. See Fig. 3.1P15


17. f(x)=x^{2}-6 x+5 on [-2,5] so f^{\prime}(x)=2 x-6 which is defined for all values of x. f^{\prime}(x)=0 when x=3 so x=3 is a critical number. The endpoints are x=-2 and x=5 which are also critical numbers. The critical points are (3,-4) which is the local and global minimum, (-2,21) which is a local and global maximum, and (5,0) which is a local maximum.


19. f(x)=2-x^{3} on [-2,1] so f^{\prime}(x)=-3 x^{2} which is defined for all values of x. f^{\prime}(x)=0 when x=0 so \mathrm{x}=0 is a critical number. The endpoints are \mathrm{x}=-2 and \mathrm{x}=1 which are also critical numbers. The critical points are (-2,10) which is a local and global maximum, (0,2) which is not a local or global maximum or minimum, and (1,1) which is a local and global minimum.


21. f(x)=x^{3}-3 x+5 on [-2,1] so f^{\prime}(x)=3 x^{2}-3=3(x-1)(x+1) which is defined for all values of x. \mathrm{f}^{\prime}(\mathrm{x})=0 when \mathrm{x}=-1 and \mathrm{x}=+1 so these are critical numbers. The endpoints \mathrm{x}=-2 and \mathrm{x}=1 are also critical numbers. The critical points are (-2,3) which is a local and global minimum on [-2,1], the point (-1,7) which is a local and global maximum on [-2,1], and the point (1,3) which is a local and global minimum on [-2,1].


23. f(x)=x^{5}-5 x^{4}+5 x^{3}+7 so f^{\prime}(x)=5 x^{4}-20 x^{3}+15 x^{2}=5 x^{2}\left(x^{2}-4 x+3\right)=5 x^{2}(x-3)(x-1) which is defined for all values of x. f^{\prime}(x)=0 when x=0 and x=1 in the interval [0,2] so each of these values is a critical number. The endpoints x=0 and x=2 are also critical numbers. The critical points are (0,7) which is a local minimum, (1,8) which is a local and global maximum, and (2,-1) which is a local and global minimum. (f^{\prime}(3)=0 too, but x=3 is not in the interval [0,2]).


25. f(x)=\frac{1}{x^{2}+1} so f^{\prime}(x)=\frac{-2 x}{\left(x^{2}+1\right)^{2}} which is defined for all values of x. f^{\prime}(x)=0 when x=0 but x=0 is not in the interval [1,3] so x=0 is a not a critcal number. The endpoints x=1 and \mathrm{x}=3 are critical numbers. The critical points are (1,1 / 2) which is a local and global maximum, and (3,1 / 10) which is a local and global minimum.


27. \mathrm{A}(\mathrm{x})=4 \mathrm{x} \sqrt{1-\mathrm{x}^{2}}(0 < \mathrm{x} < 1)
A^{\prime}(x)=4\left[\frac{-x^{2}}{\sqrt{1-x^{2}}}+\sqrt{1-x^{2}}\right]=4 \frac{1-2 x^{2}}{\sqrt{1-x^{2}}} \begin{cases} > 0 & \text { if }
    0 < x < 1 / \sqrt{2} \\ < 0 & \text { if } 1 / \sqrt{2} < x < 1\end{cases}

A maximum is attained when x=1 / \sqrt{2}: A(1 / \sqrt{2})=4 \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \sqrt{1-\frac{1}{2}}=4 \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}=2.


29. \mathrm{V}=\mathrm{x}(8-2 \mathrm{x})^{2} for 0 < \mathrm{x} < 4

\begin{aligned}&\mathrm{V}^{\prime}=\mathrm{x}(2)(8-2 \mathrm{x})(-2)+(8-2 \mathrm{x})^{2}=(8-2 \mathrm{x})(-4 \mathrm{x}+8-2 \mathrm{x})=(8-2 \mathrm{x})(8-6
    \mathrm{x})=4(4-\mathrm{x})(4-3 \mathrm{x}) \text { so } \\&\mathrm{V}^{\prime} \quad \begin{cases} < 0 & \text { if } 4 / 3 < \mathrm{x} \\ > 0 & \text { if } 0 < \mathrm{x} < 4 / 3\end{cases}\end{aligned}

\mathrm{V}(4
    / 3)=\frac{4}{3}\left(8-\frac{8}{3}\right)^{2}=\frac{4}{3}\left(\frac{16}{3}\right)^{2}=\frac{1024}{27} \approx 37.926 cubic units is the largest volume.

Smallest volume is 0 which occurs when x = 0 and x = 4.


31. (a) 4. The endpoints and two values of x for which f^{\prime}(x)=0.
(b) 2. The endpoints.
(c) At most n+1. The 2 endpoints and the n-1 interior points x for which f^{\prime}(x)=0. At least 2. The 2 endpoints.


33. (a) local minimum at (1,5)
(b) no extrema at (1,5)
(c) local maximum at (1,5)
(d) no extrema at (1,5)


35. (a) 0,2,6,8,11,12
(b) 0,6,11
(c) 2,8,12


37. If f does not attain a maximum on [a, b] or f does not attain a mimimum on [a, b], then f must have a discontinuity on [\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b}].


39 (a) yes, -1
(b) no
(c) yes, -1
(d) no
(e) yes, 1-\pi


41. (a) yes, 0
(b) yes, 0
(c) yes, 0
(d) yes, 0
(e) yes, 0


43. (a) \mathrm{S}(\mathrm{x}) is minimum when \mathrm{x} \approx 8.
(b) S(x) is maximum when x=2.