Lesson 4-3 First and Second Derivative Test for Relative Extrema

Quiz Homework Problem: Differentials 3-11 –f(x) = x 5 Use differentials to estimate f(2.001) Reading questions: –Where is the first derivative test performed to determine a relative extrema? –Where is the second derivative test performed to determine a relative extrema?

Objectives Understand and use the First Derivative Test to determine min’s and max’s Understand and use the Second Derivative Test to determine min’s and max’s

Vocabulary Increasing – going up or to the right Decreasing – going down or to the left Inflection point – a point on the curve where the concavity changes

First Derivative Test for Critical Points x = c f’ > 0 for x < c f’ c Relative Max x = c f’ > 0 for x > c f’ < 0 for x < c Relative Min Relative Maxx < cx = cx > c Sign of f’(x)+0- Relative Minx < cx = cx > c Sign of f’(x)-0+ Examine the behavior of the first derivative close to the critical value. If the sign of the first derivative changes before and after the critical value, then a relative extrema has occurred. Most folks like to use a table like those below.

Example 1 Determine analytically where f(x) = x / (1 + x²) is increasing or decreasing f’(x) > 0 if |x| < 1 so -1 < x < 1 increasing f’(x) 1 so x 1 decreasing f’(x) = (1 + x²) (1) – (2x) (x) / (1 + x²)² = (1 – x²) / (1 + x²)²

Example 2 Use the first derivative test to determine relative extrema for f(x) = x 4 – 4x 3 f’(x) = 4x³ - 12x² = 4x² (x – 3) f’(x) = 0 if x = 0 or if x = 3 Interval x 3 f’(x) Since we have a slope going from – to + at x = 3, we have a relative minimum at x = 3. f(3) = -27

Example 3 Determine the concavity and inflection points of f(x) = x ⅔ (1-x) f’’(x) = -2(5x + 1) / (9x 4/3 ) f’’(x) = 0 at x = -1/5 and f’’(x) = undefined at x = 0 f’(x) = (2 – 5x) / (3x ⅓ ) Interval x 0 f’’(x) Therefore f(x) is concave up until x = -1/5 where it has an Inflection point and it is concave down afterwards

Second Derivative Test for Critical Points x = c Relative Max x = c Relative Min Relative Maxx = c Sign of f’’(x)- Relative Minx = c Sign of f’’(x)+ Examine the sign of the second derivative close at the critical value. If the sign of the second derivative is negative, then the function is concave down at that point and a relative maximum has occurred. If the sign of the second derivative is positive, then the function is concave up at that point and a relative minimum has occurred. Note: rate of change of first derivative is always negative. Note: rate of change of first derivative is always positive.

Example 4 Use the second derivative test to identify relative extrema for g(x) = ½ x – sin x for (0,2π). g’(x) = ½ - cos x g’(x) = 0 at π/3 and 5π/3 g’’(x) = sin x g’’(π/3 ) = √3/2 g’’(5π/3 ) = -√3/2 Therefore since g’’(π/3) > 0 a minimum occurs there and since g’’(5π/3) < 0 a maximum occurs there.

TI-89 Notation Notes When solve periodic functions (like sin and cos), our calculator often will give answers that are not easily interpreted. For example in the last problem when we solved cos x = ½ using our calculator we got: + 1)∙π -1)∙π x = or With the TI-89 the calculator tries to give you the form of all answers. The notation means to substitute an integer (1, 2, etc) in to get specific answers. For example: nx=x= 17π/3π/3 213π/35π/3 The right-hand side answers are in our interval [0,2π]

Example 5 Use the second derivative test to determine relative extrema for f(x) = x 4 – 4x 3 f’(x) = 4x³ - 12x² = 4x² (x – 3) f’(x) = 0 at x = 0 and x = 3 f’’(x) = 12x² - 24x = 12x (x – 2) f’’(0) = 0 and f’’(3) = 36 Therefore a relative minimum occurs at x = 3

Example 6 Sketch the graph of f(x) over [0,6] satisfying the following conditions: f(0) = f(3) = 3 f(2) = 4 f(4) = 2 f(6) = 0 f’(x) > 0 on [0,2) f’(x) < 0 on (2,4)(4,5] f’(2) = f’(4) = 0 f’(x) = -1 on (5,6) f’’(x) < 0 on (0,3) (4,5) f’’(x) > 0 on (3,4) y x

Interval Values or SignsComments f(x)f’(x)f’’(x)x-axisSlopeConcave (-∞, 0)+-+abovedecreasingup 0000Inflection point – change in concavity (0,2)---belowdecreasingdown Inflection point – change in concavity (2,3)--+belowdecreasingup Relative (and Absolute) Minup (3,4)-++belowincreasingup crossesincreasingup (4, ∞)+++aboveincreasingup Graphing Summary Using Information from Derivatives f(x) = x 4 – 4x 3 = x 3 (x – 4) f’(x) = 4x 3 – 12x 2 = 4x 2 (x – 3) f’’(x) = 12x 2 – 24x = 12x (x – 2)

Intervals - Table Notation Intervals(-∞,0)00,2)2(2,3)3(3,4)4(4,∞) f(x) f’(x) - slope f’’(x) - concavity Notes:IP y=0 IPmin y=0 f(x) = x 4 – 4x 3 = x 3 (x – 4) f’(x) = 4x 3 – 12x 2 = 4x 2 (x – 3) f’’(x) = 12x 2 – 24x = 12x (x – 2)

Summary & Homework Summary: –First derivative test looks at the slope before and after the critical value –Second derivative test looks at the concavity of the function at the critical value Homework: –pg : 1, 10, 11, 14, 17, 21, 27, 35, 38, 45, 74