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Questions? . Maxima and Minima. Friday, Feb 28 th. When we’re not that good. Not that good. . Investigative activity. Review yesterday: In your teams, investigate the relation between regions of increase and decrease. . optimization.
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Maxima and Minima Friday, Feb 28th
When we’re not that good. • Not that good.
Investigative activity Review yesterday: In your teams, investigate the relation between regions of increase and decrease.
optimization How do you find the maximum or minimum of a function? • Take the function’s derivative, f’(x) • Set the derivative equal to zero. • Solve for x.
Maxima and minima A few definitions: • Local maximum point is the point (a, f(a)) where the slope is zero, changing from positive to negative. • Local maximum value is the y-coordinate, f(a) • Local minimum point is the point (a, f(a)) where the slope is zero, changing from negative to positive. • Local minimum value is the y-coordinate, f(a) • Critical number is the x-coordinate, a, where f’(a) = 0 or doesn’t exist.
Maxima and minima A few more definitions: • Global maximum (aka “absolute maximum”) point is the highest point of f(x) in the whole domain. • Global minimum (aka “absolute minimum”) point is the lowest point of f(x) in the whole domain.
Practice with a friend • Draw up a graph of anything you like (preferably one with lots of dips and bumps). Suggestions: graph position vs time of crazed rabbit, happiness vs class time of a calculus student, temperature vs location in CCHS, etc. • Give your graph a clearly labelled axis. • Give your graph to a friend. • Label your friend’s graph with the local maximum values, f(a1), f(a2), etc., the local minimum values, f(a3), f(a4), etc., and the critical values, a1, a2, etc.
Maxima and minima Example: • Find the critical points of f(x) = x3 – 12x – 3. • Determine local maximum and minimum values • Determine the global maximum and minimum values of this function between -3 < x < 4.
In your teams! The height of Lorin’s epic Olympic-style ski jump that resulted in battle wounds is given by the function: h(t) = -4.9t2 + 8.1t + 1 What is the maximum height that Lorin reaches (aka. global maximum value)? At what time does he reach this height (aka. critical value)?
Homework • Page 163 #2, 3, 5, 9, 13, 15, 22 • Optional: Review for your test via Khan academy. These tutorials take a slightly different approach to learning the same concepts that we learned, which can be helpful to broaden your understanding.