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Find the intervals in which the following functions are increasing or decreasing.
f(x) = x8 + 6x2
Given:- Function
Theorem:- Let f be a differentiable real function defined on an open interval (a,b).
(i) If f’(x) > 0 for all , then f(x) is increasing on (a, b)
(ii) If f’(x) < 0 for all , then f(x) is decreasing on (a, b)
Algorithm:-
(i) Obtain the function and put it equal to f(x)
(ii) Find f’(x)
(iii) Put f’(x) > 0 and solve this inequation.
For the value of x obtained in (ii) f(x) is increasing and for remaining points in its domain it is decreasing.
Here we have,
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For f(x) lets find critical point, we must have
⇒ f’(x) = 0
⇒
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Since is a complex number, therefore only check range on 0 sides of number line.
clearly, f’(x) > 0 if x > 0
and f’(x) < 0 if x < 0
Thus, f(x) increases on (0, ∞)
and f(x) is decreasing on interval x ∈ (–∞, 0)