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03 2SummaryAbsMaxMin

1) Find the critical values of the function f(x) by taking the derivative f'(x) and setting it equal to 0. 2) There are three cases to consider for the interval I: I is closed, I is open but bounded, I is unbounded. 3) For closed and bounded intervals, the absolute max/min occurs at the critical values or endpoints. For open intervals, it occurs only at the critical value inside the interval.

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03 2SummaryAbsMaxMin

1) Find the critical values of the function f(x) by taking the derivative f'(x) and setting it equal to 0. 2) There are three cases to consider for the interval I: I is closed, I is open but bounded, I is unbounded. 3) For closed and bounded intervals, the absolute max/min occurs at the critical values or endpoints. For open intervals, it occurs only at the critical value inside the interval.

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Find the absolute Find f (x).

maximum and/or
absolute minimum
Find all critical values
of f(x) over interval I

I is closed [a, b] I is not closed such as (,


+), (a, +), (, a), or (a, b)

more than one critical only one only one critical


value:c1, c2, ., cn critical value value of c within I
within I of c within I
Principle 2
Principle 1 Principle 1
If f (c) < 0, then
The largest of f(a), The largest of f(a), f (c) is the absolute
f (c1), f (c2), ., f (c), f (b) is the maximum of f
f (cn), f (b) is the absolute maximum over I; If f (c) >
absolute maximum of f over [a, b]; 0, then f (c) is the
of f over [a, b]; The smallest of absolute minimum
The smallest of these values is the of f over I.
these values is the absolute minimum
absolute minimum of f over [a, b]. In such a case, if the function has a
of f over [a, b]. maximum (minimum), it will have
no minimum (maximum )

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