Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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

Chapter 4 - Section 4.3 - How Derivatives Affect the Shape of a Graph - 4.3 Exercises - Page 301: 32

Answer

(a) We can see a sketch of one possible graph for $f$ below. (b) There is one solution for the equation $f(x) = 0$ since the graph crosses the x-axis at exactly one point. (c) It is not possible that $f'(2) = \frac{1}{3}$ since the graph is concave down and $f'(3) = \frac{1}{2}$

Work Step by Step

(a) $f(3) = 2$ $f'(3) = \frac{1}{2}$ The slope of the graph at $x = 3$ is $\frac{1}{2}$ $f'(x) \gt 0$ for all $x$ The graph is increasing on the interval $(-\infty, \infty)$ $f''(x) \lt 0$ for all $x$ The graph is concave down on the interval $(-\infty, \infty)$ We can see a sketch of one possible graph for $f$ below. (b) There is one solution for the equation $f(x) = 0$ since the graph crosses the x-axis at exactly one point. (c) It is not possible that $f'(2) = \frac{1}{3}$ The graph is concave down for all values of $x$. Therefore $f'(2) \gt f'(3) = \frac{1}{2}$
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