Corrective Assignment

Name: _______________________________ Date:_______________

2. Calculator active problem. The rate of money in a particular mutual fund is represented by 𝑚 𝑡 sin
thousand dollars per year where 𝑡 is measured in years. Is the amount of money from this mutual fund
increasing or decreasing at time 𝑡 4 years? Justify your answer.

3. A particle is traveling along the 𝑦-axis and its position from the origin can be modeled by
𝑦 𝑡 6𝑡 2𝑡 10
where 𝑦 is meters and 𝑡 is minutes.
a. On the interval 0 𝑡 2, when is the particle farthest above the origin.

b. On the interval 0 𝑡 2, what is the particle’s maximum speed?

4. A rectangle is formed with the base on the 𝑥-axis and the top corners on the function 𝑦 36 𝑥 . What
length and width should the rectangle have so that its area is a maximum?
5. The graph shows the derivative of 𝑓, 𝑓 . Identify the intervals when 𝑓 is increasing and decreasing. Include a
justification statement. 4
3
Increasing: Decreasing: 2
1

4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4
1
2
3
4

6. For the table below, selected values of 𝑥 and 𝑓 𝑥 are given. Assume that 𝑓 𝑥 and 𝑓 𝑥 do not change
signs.
𝑥 𝑓 𝑥
0 10
1 8
2 5
3 1

a. Is 𝑓 𝑥 increasing or decreasing?

b. Is 𝑓 𝑥 concave up or concave down?

7. Given the function 𝑔 𝑥 𝑥 2𝑥 1, find the interval(s) when 𝑔 is concave up and decreasing at the
same time.

8. The Mean Value Theorem can be applied to which of the following function on the closed interval 0, 5 ?

(A) 𝑓 𝑥

(B) 𝑓 𝑥 𝑥 1

(C) 𝑓 𝑥

(D) 𝑓 𝑥 |𝑥 4|
9. To the right is the graph of ℎ 𝑥 . Identify all extrema of ℎ 𝑥 . No 4
justification necessary on this problem. ℎ 𝑥
3
2
1

4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4
1
2
3
4

10. The derivative of 𝑔 is given by 𝑔 𝑥 5 𝑥 𝑥 for 𝑥 0. Find all relative extrema and justify your
conclusions.

11. Consider the function 𝑓 defined by 𝑓 𝑥 𝑒 sin 𝑥 with domain 0, 2𝜋 . Find the absolute maximum and
minimum values of 𝑓 𝑥 .

12. Using the figure below, complete the chart by indicating whether each value is positive (+), negative (-), or
zero (0) at the indicated points. For these problems, if the point appears to be a max or min, assume it is. If it
appears to be a point of inflection, assume it is.
f
𝑓 𝑥
b e g
c

d j
a

h
𝒙 𝒂 𝒃 𝒄 𝒅 𝒆 𝒇 𝒈 𝒉 𝒊 𝒋

𝒇 𝒙

𝒇 𝒙

𝒇 𝒙
13. The graph of 𝑓 is shown below. Which of the following could be the graph of the derivative of 𝑓?
y
𝑓 𝑥

𝑎 𝑏 x

(A) (B) (C)

𝑎 𝑏 x 𝑎 𝑏 x 𝑎 𝑏 x

(D) (E)
y y

𝑎 𝑏 x 𝑎 𝑏 x

Answers
1. 4 2. Increasing 3a. 𝑦 0 10 3b. 𝑦 0 6 4. 2√12 24
because the rate 𝒚 𝟏 𝟏𝟒 𝑦 2 18
𝑚 4 is positive. 𝑦 2 6 18 meters / minute
𝑚 4 0.3838 At 𝑡 1 minutes
5. Increasing on the interval 6a. Increasing 6b. Concave up 8. A
3, 1 and 3, ∞ . 7. ,0
Decreasing on the interval
∞, 3 and 1, 3 .
9. 10. Relative maximum at 𝑥 5 11.
Min at 𝑥 2 and 𝑥 1. because 𝑔 changes sign from 𝑔 0 0
𝟑𝝅
positive to negative. 𝒈
𝟑𝝅
𝒆𝟒
√𝟐
ABS MAX
Max at 𝑥 0. 𝟒
𝟕𝝅
𝟐
𝟕𝝅 √𝟐
𝒈 𝒆𝟒 ABS MIN
𝟒 𝟐
𝑔 2𝜋 0
12. 13. A
𝒙 𝒂 𝒃 𝒄 𝒅 𝒆 𝒇 𝒈 𝒉 𝒊 𝒋

𝒇 𝒙 0 0

𝒇 𝒙 0 0 0

𝒇 𝒙 0 0