CALCULUS

WORKSHEET ON f , f , f 

1.

Graph of f 
Let f be a function that has domain the closed interval [– 1, 4] and range the closed
interval [– 1, 2]. Let f  1  1, f  0   0, and f  4   1. Also let f has the derivative
function f  that is continuous and that has the graph shown in the figure above.
(a) Find all values of x for which f assumes a relative maximum. Justify your answer.

(b) Find all values of x for which f assumes its absolute minimum. Justify your answer.

(c) Find the intervals on which f is concave downward.

(d) Give all values of x for which f has a point of inflection.

(e) Sketch the graph of f.

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2. A function f is continuous on the closed interval [– 3, 3] such that f   3  4 and f  3  1 .
The functions f  and f  have the properties given in the table below.

x  3  x  1 x  1 1  x  1 x=1 1 x  3
f  x Positive Fails to Negative 0 Negative
exist
f   x  Positive Fails to Positive 0 Negative
exist

(a) What are the x-coordinates of all absolute maximum and absolute minimum points of f
on the interval [– 3, 3]? Justify your answer.

(b) What are the x-coordinates of all points of inflection of f on the interval [– 3, 3]?
Justify your answer.

(c) Sketch a graph that satisfies the given properties of f.

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1 1
4. At what value of x does the graph of y  2
 3
have a point of inflection?
x x
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

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5. If the graph of y  x3  ax2  bx  4 has a point of inflection at 1,  6  , what is the value of b?
(A) – 3 (B) 0 (C) 1
(D) 3 (E) It cannot be determined from the information given.

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6. For what value of x does the function f  x    x  2  x  3 have a relative maximum?
2

7 5 7 5
(A) – 3 (B)  (C)  (D) (E)
3 2 3 2

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 x3 for x  0

7. Let f be the function defined by f  x    . Which of the following statements
 x for x  0

about f is true?
(A) f is an odd function. (B) f is discontinuous at x = 0.
(C) f has a relative maximum. (D) f   0   0 (E) f   x   0 for x  0 .

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 x  3
8. If f  x   sin   , then there exists a number c in the interval x that satisfies the
2 2 2
conclusion of the Mean Value Theorem. Which of the following could be c?
2 3 5 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)  (E)
3 4 6 2
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9. For all x in the closed interval [2, 5], the function f has a positive first derivative and a negative
second derivative. Which of the following could be a table of values for f ?
10. The graph of f  , the derivative of the function f, is shown above. Which of the following
statements is true about f ?
(A) f is decreasing for 1  x  1 . (B) f is increasing for  2  x  0 .
(C) f is increasing for 1  x  2 . (E) f has a local minimum at x = 0.
(E) f is not differentiable at x  1 and x  1.
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11.

The second derivative of the function f is given by f   x   x  x  a  x  b 2 . The graph of f 

(A) 0 and a only (B) 0 and m only (C) b and j only (D) 0, a, and b (E) b, j, and k

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12. For problems 1 – 6, give the signs of the first and second derivatives for each
of the following functions.