Calculus with Applications (10th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Graphs and the Derivative - Chapter Review - Review Exercises - Page 297: 32

Answer

\[\text{Relative maximum at }x=\frac{1}{3}\sqrt{e}\]

Work Step by Step

\[\begin{align} & f\left( x \right)=\frac{\ln \left( 3x \right)}{2{{x}^{2}}} \\ & \text{Calculating the first derivative} \\ & f'\left( x \right)=\frac{d}{dx}\left[ \frac{\ln \left( 3x \right)}{2{{x}^{2}}} \right] \\ & f'\left( x \right)=\frac{2{{x}^{2}}\frac{d}{dx}\left[ \ln \left( 3x \right) \right]-\ln \left( 3x \right)\frac{d}{dx}\left[ 2{{x}^{2}} \right]}{{{\left( 2{{x}^{2}} \right)}^{2}}} \\ & f'\left( x \right)=\frac{2{{x}^{2}}\left( \frac{1}{x} \right)-\ln \left( 3x \right)\left( 4x \right)}{4{{x}^{4}}} \\ & f'\left( x \right)=\frac{2x-4x\ln \left( 3x \right)}{4{{x}^{4}}} \\ & f'\left( x \right)=\frac{1-2\ln \left( 3x \right)}{2{{x}^{3}}} \\ & \text{Calculating the critical points, set }f'\left( x \right)=0 \\ & f'\left( x \right)=\frac{1-2\ln \left( 3x \right)}{2{{x}^{3}}} \\ &1-2\ln \left( 3x \right)=0 \\ & \ln \left( 3x \right)=\frac{1}{2} \\ & 3x={{e}^{1/2}} \\ & x=\frac{1}{3}\sqrt{e} \\ & \text{The domain of the function is }\left( 0,\infty \right),\text{ then} \\ & \text{Set the intervals }\left( 0,\frac{1}{3}\sqrt{e} \right),\left( \frac{1}{3}\sqrt{e},\infty \right) \\ & \text{Making a table of values} \\ & \begin{matrix} \text{Interval} & \left( 0,\frac{1}{3}\sqrt{e} \right) & \left( \frac{1}{3}\sqrt{e},\infty \right) \\ \text{Test Value} & x=\frac{1}{2} & x=2 \\ \text{Sign of }f'\left( x \right) & \text{ }f'\left( \frac{1}{2} \right)>0 & \text{ }f'\left( 2 \right)<0 \\ \text{Conclusion} & \text{Increasing} & \text{Decreasing} \\ \end{matrix} \\ & \text{Therefore,} \\ & \text{Relative maximum at }x=\frac{1}{3}\sqrt{e} \\ \end{align}\]
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