Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter 3 - Applications of Differentiation - 3.4 Exercises - Page 192: 40

Answer

$${\text{No relative extrema}}$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & f\left( x \right) = \frac{x}{{x - 1}} \cr & {\text{*Calculate the first derivative}} \cr & f'\left( x \right) = \frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {\frac{x}{{x - 1}}} \right] \cr & f'\left( x \right) = \frac{{x - 1 - x}}{{{{\left( {x - 1} \right)}^2}}} \cr & f'\left( x \right) = - \frac{1}{{{{\left( {x - 1} \right)}^2}}} \cr & {\text{Set }}f'\left( x \right) = 0 \cr & - \frac{1}{{{{\left( {x - 1} \right)}^2}}} = 0 \cr & {\text{There are no values at which }}f'\left( x \right) = 0,{\text{ so there are no}} \cr & {\text{relative extrema}}{\text{.}} \cr} $$
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