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OpenStudy (lukecrayonz):

Derivatives with maximum and tendencies

OpenStudy (anonymous):

What about them?

OpenStudy (lukecrayonz):

http://gyazo.com/173d88962f93e3d4f8d764a9173538b1

OpenStudy (lukecrayonz):

sorry I meant limits tendencies and critical points

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Do you differentiate using the limit approach or the power rule?

OpenStudy (lukecrayonz):

Power rule

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok give me a minute ill explain this

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Ok i'm fairly sure about this. First take the derivate of e^(x/9) and get (e^(x/9))/9 = f'(x) Putting f'(x) = 0 does not give us any values for x and the function can not be undefined by any means of x. This means there are no critical points. Also, since the function f'(x) is always positive for all x-values it is always rising. The second derivative f''(x) is also positive for all x values, meaning it is concave up everywhere inside the interval. Putting f''(x) = 0 also yields no values so there are no inflection points. I believe the answer is C.

OpenStudy (lukecrayonz):

Oh okay! I didn't know critical points were just derivative f(x)=0

OpenStudy (lukecrayonz):

Thank you so much :-)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

No problem :)

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