Calculus (3rd Edition)

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 1464125260
ISBN 13: 978-1-46412-526-3

Chapter 4 - Applications of the Derivative - 4.2 Extreme Values - Exercises - Page 181: 13

Answer

$x=\pm 1, x=0, x=\pm\sqrt {\frac{2}{3}}$

Work Step by Step

$f'(x)=\frac{d}{dx}(x^{2})\times\sqrt {1-x^{2}}+x^{2}\times\frac{d}{dx}(\sqrt {1-x^{2}})$ $=2x\sqrt {1-x^{2}}+x^{2}\times\frac{1}{2\sqrt {1-x^{2}}}\times\frac{d}{dx}(1-x^{2})$ $=2x\sqrt {1-x^{2}}-\frac{x^{3}}{\sqrt {1-x^{2}}}$ $f'(x)$ does not exist if $\sqrt {1-x^{2}}=0$, since the denominator cannot be 0. $\sqrt {1-x^{2}}=0\implies x= \pm 1$ $f'(x)=0\implies 2x\sqrt {1-x^{2}}=\frac{x^{3}}{\sqrt {1-x^{2}}}$ $\implies 2x(1-x^{2})=x^{3}$ $\implies x= 0$ or $x= \pm \sqrt {\frac{2}{3}}$ The critical points of $f$ are those $x$ for which $f'(x)$ does not exist or $f'(x)=0$. That is, the critical points are $x=\pm 1, x=0, x=\pm\sqrt {\frac{2}{3}}$
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