ASSIGNMENT (Class XII) Mr S Ganguly

TOPIC – Increasing and decreasing function

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Q-1 Determine for which values of 𝑥, the function y = 𝑥 4 − is increasing and for which values it is
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decreasing.
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Q-2 Prove that the function f (𝑥) = tan𝑥 – 4x is strictly decreasing on (− ′ )
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Q-3 Find the intervals in which the function given by f (𝑥) = 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥 – 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑥 , 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2𝜋 is strictly
decreasing or increasing?

Q-4 Find the domain of 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑒 𝑥 (𝑥 − 2)2 . Hence prove that the function is neither increasing nor
decreasing in its domain.

Q-5 Show that the function f (x)= 𝑥 3 – 3𝑥 2 + 6x – 100 is increasing on R.

Q-6 For what values of 𝑥, the function 𝑓(𝑥) = (𝑥 + 1)3 (𝑥 − 3)3 is increasing or decreasing on R.

Q-7 Find the intervals in which the function 𝑓(𝑥) = 6 + 12𝑥 − 3𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 3 is increasing or decreasing.

Q-8 Choose the correct option :

(i) The function 𝑓 (𝑥) = 2𝑥 3 – 3𝑥2 – 12x + 4, is

(A) decreasing in (-∞ ,1) ∪ (2, ∞) (B) increasing in (1,2)
(C) neither increasing nor decreasing in (0.5 , 1.5) (D) strictly increasing in its domain

(ii) The function 𝑓 (𝑥) = tanx – x

(A) always increases (B) always decreases
(C) never increases (D) sometimes increases and sometimes decreases.
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(iii) Which of the following functions is decreasing on (0, )
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(A) sin2x (B) tanx (C) cosx (D) cos 3x

(iv) y = x (𝑥 – 3) 2 decreases for the values of x given by :

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(A) 1 < 𝑥 < 3 (𝐵) 𝑥 < 0 (𝐶) 𝑥 > 0 (𝐷) 0 < 𝑥 <
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(v) The function f (x) = 4 𝑠𝑖𝑛3 𝑥 – 6 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝑥 + 12 sinx + 100 is strictly

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(A) increasing in (𝜋, ) (B) decreasing in ( , 𝜋) (C) decreasing in [− , ] (D) decreasing in [0 , ]
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(vi) The function f(x) = [x] – x is

(A) Increasing on [0,1) (B) Decreasing on [0,1)
(C) Neither increasing nor decreasing on [0,1) (D) None of these.
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(vii) The function f(x) = 𝑒 𝑥 on R - {0} is
(A) strictly increasing on (−∞, 0 ) ∪ (0, ∞) (B) Decreasing on (−∞, 0 ]∪ [0, ∞)
(C) Neither increasing nor decreasing on R - {0} (D) None of these.
Q-9 Answer the questions as instructed
(i) The function f(x) = 4𝑥 3 -18𝑥 2 + 27 x – 7 is always ____________ on R.

(ii) The interval in which the function y = 𝑥 3 + 5𝑥 2 − 1 is decreasing , is … …. .

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(iii) The function f (x) = , 𝑥 > 0 decreases in the interval ………………..
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(iv) The values of a for which the function f (x) = sinx – ax + b increases on R are ……………
(v) The values of 𝑥 for which f(x) = [𝑥(𝑥 − 2)]2 is an increasing function when 0 <x < 1 and _____.
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(vi) The function f defined by f(x) = tan−1(sin 𝑥 + cos 𝑥) is ___________ in the interval (0, ).
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(vii) For the function f(x) = 𝑥 4 − 4𝑥 defined on R is increasing on (1, ∞) and decreasing on (−∞, 1).
True or False.
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(viii) For the function f(x) = 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝑥, [0, ] is decreasing on [0, ] . True or False.
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(ix) f(x) = sin x is neither increasing nor decreasing on (0,𝜋). True or False.
(x) Constant function is __________________ function.

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