Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 4 - Review - True-False Quiz - Page 359: 19

Answer

TRUE

Work Step by Step

The fact that $f'(x)$ exists everywhere and is non-zero implies that $f'(x)$ is either positive everywhere or negative everywhere . This implies that the original function, $f(x)$ is either strictly increasing or strictly decreasing. Hence, the given statement is TRUE.
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