DerivApplicIntro.mws

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;

  [Maple Plot]    [Maple Plot]  

There are three main topics to be discussed in this unit:

  [Maple Plot]    [Maple Plot]  

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