University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Section 4.1 - Extreme Values of Functions - Exercises - Page 216: 77

Answer

$ a.\quad$ No $ b.\quad$ Only one extreme value of f, and it occurs at x=2. $ c.\quad$ No contradiction. $ d.\quad f'(a)$ is not defined. $x=a$ is the only critical point, so f has only one extreme value, and it occurs at $x=a.$

Work Step by Step

$f'(x)=\displaystyle \frac{2}{3}(x-2)^{-1/3}\cdot(1)=\frac{2}{3(x-2)^{1/3}}$, $x=2$ is the only critical point, because $f'(x)$ is undefined at x=2, and positive for all other x. $ a.\quad f'(2)$ does not exist $ b.\quad$ At x=2, $f(x)=0$, and for all other x, $f(x)$ is positive. There is only one critical point, so the only extreme value occurs at x=2. $ c.\quad$ The Extreme value theorem refers to a function whose domain is a closed interval, and this is not the case here. No contradictions. $ d.\quad$ Replacing 2 with a, sections (a) and (b) have the same answers.
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