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chapter 4 deals with curve sketching and
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4.1 talks about the increasing and
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decreasing functions so at this point
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you've done um increasing and decreasing
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intervals you did that in grade 12
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Advanced functions but in in this case
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we're going to be using the derivative
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to help sketch functions and we're going
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to be finding the Max and minimum values
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by setting the first derivative equal to
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zero so in this section although the uh
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um the theory part is quite simple there
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are a number of different types of
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questions that I will be covering that
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is that are part of your homework okay
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so the first thing we want to talk about
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is where how do you determine an
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increasing
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function so the description is that if
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X1 is less than x2 in other words say
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this was one and this is four that's all
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that means and F of X2 is greater than F
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at
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X1 then the tangent slopes are positive
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so you can see that if I drew tangent
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points to this curve they would all have
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positive slopes and the function is
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increasing okay so that's pretty simple
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you can read from left to right so in
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other words if I go from left to right
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and the function gets higher then it's
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increasing so sometimes the descriptions
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are a little worrier than they need to
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be and again this is a case here where
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it says X1 is less than X2 so let's say
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this is one this is two and F at
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X2 is less than F at X1 and the tangent
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slopes are negative so here if I drew
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tangent slope to this
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line um maybe it was increasing a little
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bit there that would not be true so from
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here to here the function is definitely
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decreasing because the tangent slopes
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are negative you should also note that
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the tangents in a decreasing interval
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the tangent lines are above the function
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whereas when it was increasing the
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tangent lines are underneath the
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function and that's going to be
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important on um another section that we
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do when we talk about points of
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inflection so it's decreasing on the
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interval X1 to X2 or wherever um you're
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asked to describe it
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for so I want to do some examples the
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first is going to be using the
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derivative graph the following function
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okay so using your knowledge from grade
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12 Advanced functions you know this is a
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cubic function you know that it has a
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positive leading coefficient and you
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know that it's going to start in
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quadrant 3 and end in quadrant 1 so
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don't just rely on your Calculus
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derivative techniques use your knowledge
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from the previous course and you can
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always flip back and forth to to check
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your answers using either calculus or
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using your Advanced functions knowledge
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so the first thing I would do is take
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the derivative so y Prime here is 3x^2 -
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3 and don't forget that you must say for
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critical values CVS set y Prime equal to
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zero so when I set this equal to zero
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and I factor out of
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three then I can see that I still have a
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difference of squares here that I can
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Factor again and what I'm trying to do
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is find the places where the slope is
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zero so if a function has zero slope it
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means I'm either at a maximum or a
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minimum value right so therefore x = -1
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or one and these are the critical values
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so critical values at minus one and one
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now if I want to know what the height of
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the function is and this is where you
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have to be careful that you're plugging
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these values back back into the original
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function to find the critical points so
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y when x = -1 so if this had been f of x
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I could just say F minus one but it's y
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so I'm going to write it like this and
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this is quite a legitimate um way to
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describe it so -3
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-1 oh -1 + 1 so -1 cubed is -1 that's +
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3 + 1 so that's 4 - 1 is
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three so that means there is a critical
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point at the critical point is at uh Min
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-1 and 3 and you do the same thing for
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when x equals 1 so you would say okay
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that means y when xal 1 now y make sure
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you're not plugging it back into the
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derivative because obviously if I plug
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back one into the derivative function
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I'm going get zero and that would just
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be not right okay so we put in 1 Cub - 3
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* 1 + 1 that's 1 + 1 is 2 - 3 is -1 and
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the other critical point
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is 1 and minus1 so I'm going to put
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those on my graph 1 and minus one and
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Min - one and 1 2 3 and that's
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here and I know I'm going from this
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quadrant to this quadrant so my function
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would have to go oh might probably be a
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good idea to find the Y intercept the Y
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intercept for y intercept you're going
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to
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set and you always write this out set x
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equal to zero
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so Y
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intercept is I put in a 0 here 0 0 Y
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intercept is 1 so it's going to go
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through here now now I know this
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function is going to go like this right
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because I know a little bit about cubic
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functions I know it had a positive
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leading coefficient so what we want to
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know though is is this the point was it
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a maximum or a minimum and obviously you
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know that because of what you know from
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Advanced functions but you can also see
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that as I go from left to right and I'm
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going to write a little derivative graph
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here I'm going to to call it y Prime and
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this is also a very legitimate way of
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doing what we call a first derivative
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test now first derivative tests aren't
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really talked about until the next
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chapter but I think it's critical for
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your understanding of what we're doing
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here right now that you know what we're
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doing so if I put in my critical points
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here the critical values right these
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ones here I put them on my graph and I
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check points to the left and right of
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these values so if I put in 2 into the
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derivative okay that's why I wrote y
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Prime here this is a y Prime because I'm
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checking the slopes so if I put in a
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number less than -1 into the derivative
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here let's say I put in -2 that would be
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12 - 3 is 9 all I care about is that it
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is positive so the function is
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increasing and then if I go from minus
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one to one say I put in zero here into y
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Prime I would get a negative value which
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means the function is
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decreasing and then if I put in two
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obviously I'm going to get the same
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answer as I did when I put in -2 because
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I squared it so 12 - 3 9 positive so
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this shows that there is a minimum this
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is a minimum here and this is a maximum
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so these are local mins and Maxs on the
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interval so um
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this critical point Min
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-13
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-13 minus one I guess I could have put
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those on there so Min
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-13 is a
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maximum and 1 and minus1 is a minimum
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value so that's what you're going to do
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with this what we call a first
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derivative test first derivative test is
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basically checking the derivative
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function to the left and right of the
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critical values to see if the slope is
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increasing or decreasing and again
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remember that we're talking about the
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slope so sometimes students forget which
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equation do I plug these things into so
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if you're checking the slopes so I want
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to know that was positive that's
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negative I'm using Y
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Prime okay let's move on to second
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question this one is asking you to graph
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this function X x^2 + 1 so so we have
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all kinds of things that we need to find
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when you're doing um a graphing analysis
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and later on in the chapter there's a
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complete algorithm of the the things
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that you need to check for so basically
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we're looking to see is there a vertical
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ASM toote and you know for a vertical
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ASM toote that means the denominator um
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it's a value that makes the denominator
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zero and in this case there is no value
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because if I set this equal to zero
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let's see if I did this and this is a
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very common mistake that students will
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say plus or minus one but look what
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happens when I move this to the other
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side x^2 = -1 so therefore there is no
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vertical ASM toote there's no solution
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you can't square a number and get a
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negative value so there's no vertical
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ASM tootes what about a horizontal ASM
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toote this brings back your knowledge
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from Advanced functions as well
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for horizontal I want to know what
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happens as X approaches Infinity in
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other words you don't have to say
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infinity well you should hear but when
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you're thinking about it you're saying
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what happens is it X gets really really
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really really big so if I squared
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something really big and added one to it
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this number in the denominator is going
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to be significantly larger than the
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number in the
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numerator even though that will still be
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a large number I'm dividing by something
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much larger and so that means that Y is
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going to approach zero so that means
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there's a horizontal ASM toote and it is
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y =
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0 Okay so we've got our ASM tootes
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covered what else do we need to know we
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need to know what the X and Y intercepts
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are so the x
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intercept you set y equal to zero so all
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that means is what how do I make the
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numerator zero so if I set this equal to
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zero that means that x equals
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z is going to be the intercept is going
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to be zero right and so you normally say
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the x intercept is zero you don't say x
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equals z because that generally means
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you're talking about a line x equals 0
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which it isn't the x intercept is zero
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um I should have put a four here so for
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the Y
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intercept I set xal to 0 can't spell
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today if I put zero in for X here 0 / 1
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is
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0 so I would say the Y
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intercept is zero so I've got my x
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intercept my Y intercept I know there's
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no vertical ASM tootes and I found the
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horizontal ASM toote okay so now I want
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to go ahead and see if I can find any
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maximum and minimums are critical values
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for the function now critical value can
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also be what makes the denominator zero
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so vertical ASM tootes are also
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considered critical values but in this
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case I don't have any okay so I'm going
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to take the derivative y Prime now we
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have a quotient so I must apply the
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quotient rule which is your hod High
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rule
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so I do
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ho D high dtive of the top is 1 minus
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high D ho the Der of x^2 + 1 is
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2x all over ho^ 2 so I have x 2 + 1 2ar
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and I'm going to simplify the
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numerator so I have X2 + 1 - 2
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x^2 and it's still all all over x^2 + 1^
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2 and this gives me in the numerator
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ax^2 x^2 +
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1 over x^2 + 1^
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2 okay so I've got my derivative and I'm
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going to say what I always say when I'm
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trying to find critical values so for
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critical values I want to set y Prime
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equal to Z and the only thing thing that
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will possibly make y Prime 0 is if the
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numerator is zero you can't have zero in
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the denominator so I'm going to say X2
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is equal to 1 so I'm just bringing this
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up here and set it to zero so I brought
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this to the other side so X is equal to
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plus or minus one don't forget the plus
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or minus okay it's a very common
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mistake okay so I know these are
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critical values and I want to find the y
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coordinate very very important that you
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think about that as you get to this
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point if I want a point I need the
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original function a point use the
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original function okay so when x equal 1
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Y is = to 1/ 1^ 2 + 1 is a
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half
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so the critical point is going to be
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1 and 12 for the y coordinate now I'm
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going to do the same thing when x =
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-1 Y is = to 1 over -1 2ar I have the
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same thing right I get 1
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half so I have 1 and a
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half um when X is - 1 just a minute here
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I had Nega 1 up here I'm sorry -1 over 2
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so a half so the other critical
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point is 1 and
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-2 okay so I want to check to see if
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these are
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actually critical points if there's a
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maximum or minimum is there a change in
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the slope so the slope has to change
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from negative to positive or positive to
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negative in order for it to be a Max or
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a Min right so I'm going to write out my
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number line like this
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I'm going to call it y Prime label it
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very
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important and my critical points are oh
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I didn't put the negative here so I have
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one and I have negative 1 and I don't
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have a vertical ASM toote so I don't
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have to put this on on here so I'm going
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to check y Prime so that's this this
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equation here you're working with this
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one right don't go back up to this one
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that gives you the point this is your
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test your first first derivative test
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let's call it that right here first
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derivative
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test okay I'm going to plug in -2 -22 is
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4 that's -4 + 1 is negative in the
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numerator the denominator is squared so
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it's going to be positive so this is
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negative and I have negative slope
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between minus1 and 1 I choose zero
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always choose zero if you can it's easy
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to work with so I have 1 over 1 is 1
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that's positive so I have positive slope
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here and after 1 if I put in two and
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squared that would give me 4 -4 don't
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forget I'm squaring before I apply that
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negative so that gives me negative over
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a positive is a negative and that means
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there is a
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maximum at xal 1 so this is a maximum
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come back here and state that
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and - 1 and2 this is a minimum so you
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see how it's a minimum because I went
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down I had negative slope and then I
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went to positive slope you can actually
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even sketch in the graph right it's
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going to go like this and then like
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this so the other thing is um I have my
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minimum value at -1 and -2 I'm going to
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do it in green on the graph here
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so-1 and a half that's here that's a
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minimum I have an ASM toote right here
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too don't I remember I said a horizontal
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ASM toote of y equal
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0 and I have 1 and 1/2 that's a maximum
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value and I think you might remember
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from Advanced functions that you can
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cross a horizontal ASM toote for finite
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values of X and and we have an X
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intercept Y intercept was right here so
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as this approaches Infinity the function
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is going to approach
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zero and when we go this way this is
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going to approach
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zero so there's my
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graph okay so you have to be careful
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that you're checking uh using a first
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derivative test again this isn't part of
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4.1 but it's definitely something you're
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going to do many many times so thought
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might as well include that here and that
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will help now if you were asked for the
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increasing and decreasing intervals so
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the function is
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decreasing so let's get a a red pen here
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I'll show you where it's decreasing so
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it's decreasing here this is all
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decreasing this is
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decreasing so the other point here let's
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find another color it's
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increasing on this interval
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it's not really much different color is
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it okay so this is
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increasing and these two other areas
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were
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decreasing
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decreasing decreasing so in terms of
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interval notation you would
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say
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increasing um so we have intervals so
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this is all part of your um your
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algorithm for analyzing a graph so it's
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going to be
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increasing um
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forx is an element of so it's going from
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minus one to one and I use round
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brackets because I'm not including those
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points it's neither increasing nor
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decreasing when the slope is zero so you
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don't include those and
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decreasing on the interval for X is an
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element of negative Infinity to minus
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one so from here to here and from one to
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Infinity so U for Union One to
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Infinity okay so that's a that's a
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pretty lengthy um
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analysis um some of them will be much
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more difficult than that but this is a
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good introduction one for you to get a
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grasp of of what you're going to need to
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to look
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for okay so the next question I want to
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do is a question from the homework
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and it says determine where fime X is
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equal to zero now you might think that's
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pretty easy thing to do but I find that
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a lot of students have trouble with um
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taking the derivative of this product
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that also has an exponent so you're
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using the chain Rule and the product
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rule together so let's try the
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derivative you might want to freeze
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frame right now and try this and then
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come back so I'll go ahead and do it for
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you here so frime X so remember we do
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the first so I'm going to leave that
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alone times the derivative of the second
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so the derivative of this is
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2x first * der of the second plus the
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second x^2 - 9 times the derivative of
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the first so I have to do the exponent
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first so I'm going to write two I leave
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what's in the bracket alone I decrease
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it by one so two goes to one and the
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derivative of the inside which is
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two and so now I'm going to expand this
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um I'm just going to simplify the other
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the second part
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here and then we're going to factor it
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because you're trying to find the zeros
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you can't find the zeros when it's in
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this format so 2 * 2 that gives me 4 *
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x^2 - 9 * 2x -
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one so now I want to look around this
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plus sign for common factors so I'm
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going to pull out a common factor what
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is common to both sides of this equation
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well the first thing would be that I
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have um I have two here right and I have
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four here so I can take two out of each
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of these so I'm going to pull out a two
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and then both sides of the equation have
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a 2X minus one this one has two of them
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but as long as they each have one I can
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pull that out so I'm going to take out a
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2 2x
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-1 make a big square bracket and then
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watch on both sides of this plus sign is
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what you're looking for what did I take
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out so I took out a two I took out one
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of these so I'm left with x * 2x - 1 and
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I'm going to write it out long ways for
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now 2x - 1 on the right hand side of the
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plus sign I've taken out a two so that
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leaves me still with two CU I had four
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here I took out this 2x - 1 it's right
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here and I still have an x^2 -
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9 okay so very easy for me to tell you
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what makes this zero obviously it's
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going to be a half but I need to
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simplify this side so that I can tell
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you what makes what's in this big
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bracket equal to zero so I expand
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2x^2 - x sometimes students think
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they've done way too much work but you
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haven't there's just lots to do here
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okay so now I have 2 2x - 1 and in this
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bracket I have 4x^
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2 -
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x -
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18 and I want to be able to factor this
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so what makes a product of 4 * 18 that's
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72 so product of -72 and a sum of 1 and
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I think you can see right away that it's
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- 9 and 8 so - 9 and 8 - 9 * 8 is - 72
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whoops - 9 and this should be a sum of
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-1 - 9 + 8 is -1 now it's a complex
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trinomial has a four out front here so I
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put both of these over four and I reduce
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so this becomes 2 over
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1 and this one I can't reduce so now I
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just write out my little brackets here
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so 2x - 1 and my factors are 4x -
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9 and x + 2 so if you expanded this you
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should get back to that it's always a
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good thing to do um to check your
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work okay so now I'm going to say for C
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IAL values CU they want to know where is
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frime x equal
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to0 for critical
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values set F Prime x equal to 0 so X is
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going to be equal to what makes this
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bracket zero 1/2 this bracket
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9/4 and this bracket
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-2 now I'm going to do one more step
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here and that is to determine whether
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they are minimums or maximums and and
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what the critical values are now the
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critical values I'll let you figure that
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out on your own you had to plug back in
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these into the original function right
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to find the y-coordinate or the height
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of the function when X is each of these
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values but I can do a first derivative
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test by calling this F Prime X and on
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this number line I'm going to put in
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these critical values so I have minus 2
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I have a half
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and I have
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94 so into the derivative function this
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simplified one here is the one I'm going
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to
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use I'm going to test some values so I'm
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going to try -3 first so some teachers
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make you write out all these intervals
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but you can pretty much do this on your
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head right so if I put in Z put in -3 so
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this would be -6 -1 so that's the two is
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positive and then this little bracket
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here would be negative and if I put in
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-3 it would be negative again because I
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would have minus 21 and if I put a
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negative here this would also be
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negative so I have oops I didn't mean to
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put it like that so I have a negative
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time a negative time a negative time a
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positive and that's all
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negative so it's downhill here negative
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slopes between min-2 and 1 I plug in
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zero very easily here put in x is 0 so I
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have 2 * -1 * -9 so it's negative * a
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negative time a positive and that of
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course is a positive so that means at
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minus 2 I should have a
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minimum a minimum put not a mix but a
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minimum and when I go between a half and
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9/4 I'm going to plug in one nice and
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easy so it's positive * a positive time
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a negative time a positive so I had
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three positives one negative so that
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means this will be negative
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downhill and on the other side of 9/4
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9/4 is two and a bit so let's try three
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so I have positive 6 - 1 that's still
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positive 12 - 9 is positive and 3 + 2 is
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positive all
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positives so my function is going to go
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like this now you can see from the
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original function that it is a quartic
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function 2x^2 * x^2 this is a 4th degree
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right fourth degree
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function fourth
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degree so it means it has it has two
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minimums this is going to be a minimum
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at
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9/4 it's going to be a Max at 1/2 it's
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going to be a minimum at minus
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2 and of course you still need to to
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find you still need to find those Y
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coordinates this isn't a critical point
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it's a critical value critical point
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means X and Y okay so this is getting
00:28:39
pretty long so I'm going to stop here
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but I do have two more very important
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questions that I'm going to do in a
00:28:45
second part for you keep studying