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12 Maths Key Notes CH 06 Application of Derivatives

This document discusses key concepts related to derivatives and their applications, including: 1) The derivative represents the rate of change of one quantity with respect to another. It can be used to find the rate of change at a point or instant. 2) The chain rule can be used when two variables vary with respect to a third variable. 3) Derivatives can determine if a function is increasing or decreasing over an interval based on the sign of the derivative. 4) Derivatives are used to find the equations of tangents and normals to a curve at a given point. Critical points, where the derivative is zero or undefined, are important for analyzing maxima and minima.

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12 Maths Key Notes CH 06 Application of Derivatives

This document discusses key concepts related to derivatives and their applications, including: 1) The derivative represents the rate of change of one quantity with respect to another. It can be used to find the rate of change at a point or instant. 2) The chain rule can be used when two variables vary with respect to a third variable. 3) Derivatives can determine if a function is increasing or decreasing over an interval based on the sign of the derivative. 4) Derivatives are used to find the equations of tangents and normals to a curve at a given point. Critical points, where the derivative is zero or undefined, are important for analyzing maxima and minima.

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Key Notes

Chapter-6
Application of Derivatives

If a quantity y varies with another quantity x, satisfying some rule ( ) y f x = ,then


represents the rate of change of y with respect to x and

dx
(or f '(x)
dy

dy
(or f '(x 0 ) represents the rate
dx x = x 0

of change of y with respect to x at0 x x = .

If two variables x and y are varying with respect to another variable t, i.e., if

x= f ( t ) and y =g ( t ) then by Chain Rule

dy
dy
dx
= dt , if
0
dx dx
dt
dt

(a) A function f is said to be increasing on an interval (a, b) if

x1 < x2 in ( a, b ) f ( x1 ) f ( x2 ) for all x1 , x2 ( a, b ) .


Alternatively, if f ( x ) 0 for each x in ( a, b )
(b) decreasing on (a,b) if

x1 < x2 in ( a, b ) f ( x1 ) f ( x2 ) for all x1, x2 ( a, b ) .


Alternatively, if f ( x ) 0 for each x in (a, b)

The equation of the tangent at

y yo =

( x0, y0 ) to the curve y = f (x) is given by

dy
(x x o )
dx ( x 0,y )
0

If

dy
does not exist at the point ( x0 ,y0
dx

axis and its equation is

, then the tangent at this point is parallel to the y-

x = x0 .

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If tangent to a curve y = f ( x ) at x = x0 is parallel to x-axis, then

Equation of the normal to the curve y = f (x) at a point

y yo =

( xo ,yo )

dy
dx x = x 0

is given by

1
(x x 0 )
dy
dx ( x 0,y )
0

If

If

dy
at the point ( xo ,yo
dx
dy
at the point
dx

is zero, then equation of the normal is x = x o .

( xo ,yo )

does not exist, then the normal is parallel to x-axis and its

equation is y = y0 .

Let y = f (x), x be a small increment in x and y be the increment in y corresponding to the


dx
increment in x, i.e., y = f (x + x) f (x). Then dy given by dy f'( x) dx or dy= x is a good
dx

approximation of y when dx x = is relatively small and we denote it by dy y.

A point c in the domain of a function f at which either f (c) = 0 or f is not differentiable is


called a critical point of f.

First Derivative Test Let f be a function defined on an open interval I. Let f be continuous at
a critical point c in I. Then,

If f (x) changes sign from positive to negative as x increases through c, i.e., if f (x) > 0
at every point sufficiently close to and to the left of c, and f (x) < 0 at every point
sufficiently close to and to the right of c, then c is a point of local maxima.

If f (x) changes sign from negative to positive as x increases through c, i.e., if f (x) < 0
at every point sufficiently close to and to the left of c, and f (x) > 0 at every point
sufficiently close to and to the right of c, then c is a point of local minima.

If f (x) does not change sign as x increases through c, then c is neither a point of local
maxima nor a point of local minima. In fact, such a point is called point of inflexion.

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Second Derivative Test Let f be a function defined on an interval I and c I. Let f be twice
differentiable at c. Then, x = c is a point of local maxima if f (c) = 0 and f (c) < 0
The values f (c) is local maximum value of f.
(i)

x = c is a point of local minima if f (c) = 0 and f (c) > 0


In this case, f (c) is local minimum value of f.

(ii)

The test fails if f (c) = 0 and f (c) = 0.


In this case, we go back to the first derivative test and find whether c is a point of
maxima, minima or a point of inflexion.

Working rule for finding absolute maxima and/or absolute minima


Step 1: Find all critical points of f in the interval, i.e., find points x where either f (x) = 0 or f is
not differentiable.
Step 2: Take the end points of the interval.
Step 3: At all these points (listed in Step 1 and 2), calculate the values of f.
Step 4: Identify the maximum and minimum values of f out of the values calculated in Step

This maximum value will be the absolute maximum value of f and the minimum value will be
the absolute minimum value of f .

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