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Application Of Derivatives

Question
CBSEENMA12035411

Find the local maxima or local minima, if any, of following functions using the first derivative test only. Find also the local maximum and the local minimum values, as the case may be:
f(x) = x2

Solution

Let f (x) = x2
∴  f ' (x) = 2x
f ' (x) = 0 gives us x = 0
When x < 0 slightly, f ' (x) = 2 (– ve) = – ve
When x > 0 slightly, f ' (x) = 2 ( + ve) = +ve
∴  at x = 0, f ' (x) changes from – ve to + ve
∴  f (x) has local minimum value at x = 0
and this local minimum value = 0.

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