Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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

Chapter 3 - Review - True-False Quiz - Page 266: 10

Answer

FALSE

Work Step by Step

Consider $f:R \to R $ such that $f(x)=|x^{2}+x|$ Since, $x^{2}+x\gt 0$ for all $x∈(-\infty,-1)∪(0,+\infty)$ we have that $f(x)=|x^{2}+x|=x^{2}+x$ for all $x∈(-\infty,-1)∪(0,+\infty)$ Hence, $f$ is differniable on $(-\infty,-1)∪(0,+\infty)$ and $f'(x)=2x+1$ for all $x∈(-\infty,-1)∪(0,+\infty)$ Take $x=-3$ $f'(-3)=2(-3)+1=-6+1=-5\ne 5=|2(-3)+1|$ Hence, the given statement is false.
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