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Application of Derivatives
Lecture 03: Increasing ‐ Decreasing Function: Class Assignment
1. Find the intervals in which f x is increasing or decreasing.
i f x sin x , 0,
ii f x sin x , 0, π
iii f x sin 2x , 0, π
iv f x sin 4x , 0,
v f x cos 2x , 0, π
vi f x cos 4x , ,
2. Separate 0, π/2 into subintervals in which f x sin 3x is increasing or
decreasing.
3. Separate the intervals 0, π/2 into subintervals in which
f x sin x cos x is increasing or decreasing.
4. Find the intervals in which the function f given by
f x sin x cos x , 0 x 2π is increasing or decreasing.
5. Find the intervals in which the function f given by
f x sin 3x cos 3x , 0 is increasing or decreasing.
6. Which of the following functions are decreasing on 0, π/2 ?
a cos x b cos 2x c tan x d cos 3x
Answer Key
1 Increasing Decreasing
(i) 0, /2 NO WHERE IN THIS INTERVAL
(ii) 0, /2 (π/2, π]
(iii) 0, /4 ∪ 3 /4, (π/4, 3π/4)
(iv) 0, /8 ∪ 3 /8, /2 (π/8, 3π/8)
(v) (π/2, π] [0, π/2)
(vi) ,0 ∪ , /2 , /4 ∪ 0, /4
4 4 2
2 0, /6 (π/6, π/2]
3 (π/4, π/2] [0, π/4)
4 0, /4 ∪ 5 /4, 2 (π/4, 5π/4)
5 0, ∪ , 7 11
, ∪ ,
4 12 12
6 (a) decreasing (b) decreasing (c) increasing (d) neither increasing nor decreasing
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