Calculus Honors

Homework 1 on applications of the

derivatives

1.
(1) Find the critical numbers.

(2) Use test values to find the signs of the derivative f ′ (x).

(3) Find the intervals on which the function is increasing and decreasing.

(4) Complete the table.

(5) Use the First Derivative Test to find all the possible relative maximums and minimums.

Whenever f (x) is one of the following functions:

(i) f (x) = 4x3 − 12x2 + 12x + 1.

(ii) f (x) = x2 ex .
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(iii) f (x) = x+1 .

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(iv) f (x) = x3 .
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(v) f (x) = (x2 − 4) 3 .