Unit 3: Applications of Derivatives
> | restart; with( plots ): with( Student[Calculus1] ): |
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Auxiliary Definitions (do not display)
> | f8 := (x^3-3*x^2-x)/(x^2-4): P1 := FunctionChart( f8, -10..16, view=[DEFAULT,-20..20], pointoptions=[symbolsize=20], slope=[thickness(2,2), color(red,blue)], concavity=[filled(pink,cyan)] ): |
> | S1 := SignChart( f2, x=-10..10, [0,1,2] ): P1 := display( S1, title=sprintf("Sign Chart for\n y=%a",f2) ): |
> | f2 := (-x^3+3*x^2-5*x+6)/(x^2-4*x+3): P2 := FunctionChart( f2, -10..15, view=[DEFAULT,-20..10], pointoptions=[symbolsize=20], slope=[thickness(2,2), color(red,blue)], concavity=[filled(pink,cyan)] ): |
> | f3 := sin(x)^2: a3 := 0: b3 := 3*Pi/2: msec3 := (eval(f3,x=b3)-eval(f3,x=a3))/(b3-a3): P3 := plot( [f3, seq(msec3*x+c/8,c=-8..8)], x=a3..b3, color=[red,blue$8,green,blue$8], discont=true, title="Visual Proof that MVT does apply to\nf(x)=sin(x)^2 on [0,3*Pi/2]" ): P4 := MeanValueTheorem( f3, a3..b3, output=plot, view=[DEFAULT,-1..2] ): |
> | #P1; P2; P3; P4; |
There are three main topics to be discussed in this unit:
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