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4.5 Summary of Curve Sketching

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4.5 Summary of Curve Sketching

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4.

5 Summary of Curve Sketching


The following checklist is intended as a guide to sketching a graph of the
function y = f(x) by hand. Not every item is relevant to every function (e.g. a
given curve might not have an asymptote or possess symmetry. However, the
guidelines provide all the information you need to make a sketch that
displays the most important aspects of the function.

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4x 4  4 x2 8 x(3  x 2 )
Ex. 1. Sketch the curve y 2 , y' 2 , y '' 
x 1 ( x  1) 2 ( x 2  1)3

A. The domain is:

B. The x- and y-intercepts:

C. Symmetry:

D. Asymptotes:

E. Intervals of increase/decrease:

F. Local extrema:

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G. Concavity and inflection points:

H. Sketch the curve:

Ex. 2. Sketch the curve


f ( x)  xe x , f '( x)  (1  x)e x , f ''( x)  ( x  2)e x
A. The domain is:

B. The x- and y-intercepts:

C. Symmetry:
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D. Asymptotes:

E. Intervals of increase/decrease:

F. Local extrema:

G. Concavity and inflection points:

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H. Sketch the curve:

Ex. 3. Sketch the curve


2x 2  6 x4
f ( x)  arctan( x ), f '( x) 
2
, f ''( x) 
1 x 4
(1  x 4 ) 2
A. The domain is:

B. The x- and y-intercepts:

C. Symmetry:

D. Asymptotes:

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E. Intervals of increase/decrease:

F. Local extrema:

G. Concavity and inflection points:

H. Sketch the curve:

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Ex. 4. Sketch the curve
cos x 2sin x  1 2cos x(1  sin x)
f ( x)  , f '( x)   , f ''( x )  
2  sin x (2  sin x)2 (2  sin x)3
A. The domain is:

B. The x- and y-intercepts:

C. Symmetry:

D. Asymptotes:

E. Intervals of increase/decrease:

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F. Local extrema:

G. Concavity and inflection points:

H. Sketch the curve:

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SLANT ASYMPTOTES

If lim[ f ( x)  (mx  b)]  0 , then the line y = mx + b is called a


x 
slant asymptote.

 This is because the vertical distance between the curve y = f(x)


and the line y = mx + b approaches 0.
 A similar situation exists if we let x → -∞.

x2  x  4 ( x  3)( x  1) 8
Ex. 6. Sketch the curve y , y' , y '' 
x 1 ( x  1) 2 ( x  1)3
A. The domain is:

B. The x- and y-intercepts:

C. Symmetry:

D. Asymptotes:

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E. Intervals of increase/decrease:

F. Local extrema:

G. Concavity and inflection points:

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H. Sketch the curve:

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