Calculus: Early Transcendentals 9th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1337613924
ISBN 13: 978-1-33761-392-7

Chapter 4 - Section 4.1 - Maximum and Minimum Values - 4.1 Exercises - Page 287: 46

Answer

$t = - \frac{1}{4}$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & p\left( t \right) = t{e^{4t}} \cr & {\text{Differentiate with respect to }}t \cr & q\left( t \right) = \frac{d}{{dt}}\left[ {t{e^{4t}}} \right] \cr & {\text{Using the product rule for derivatives}} \cr & q\left( t \right) = t\frac{d}{{dt}}\left[ {{e^{4t}}} \right] + {e^{4t}}\frac{d}{{dt}}\left[ t \right] \cr & {\text{Computing derivatives and simplify}} \cr & q'\left( t \right) = t\left( {4{e^{4t}}} \right) + {e^{4t}}\left( 1 \right) \cr & q'\left( t \right) = 4t{e^{4t}} + {e^{4t}} \cr & q'\left( t \right) = \left( {4t + 1} \right){e^{4t}} \cr & {\text{The derivative }}q'\left( t \right){\text{ exists for all real number }}t,{\text{ then}} \cr & {\text{the critical numbers occur when }}q'\left( t \right) = 0 \cr & \left( {4t + 1} \right){e^{4t}} = 0,{\text{ }}{e^{4t}} > 0{\text{ for all real numbers}} \cr & 4t + 1 = 0 \cr & t = - \frac{1}{4} \cr} $$
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