Calculus: Early Transcendentals
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Chapter1: Functions And Models
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 1RCC: (a) What is a function? What are its domain and range? (b) What is the graph of a function? (c) How...
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Transcribed Image Text:**Task:** Sketch the graph of \( f' \) given the graph of \( f \) below.
**Graph Explanation:**
The graph displayed represents a function \( f \) on a coordinate plane with the x-axis and y-axis intersecting at the origin, labeled as \( 0 \).
**Analysis of Graph of \( f \):**
1. **Shape and Behavior:**
- The graph displays a continuous curve, resembling two concave parabolic shapes connected at a point.
- Starting from the left, the curve decreases sharply, reaches a minimum point, then increases, hits a maximum point, decreases again to another minimum point, and finally, rises sharply as it exits.
2. **Key Features:**
- **Local Minima and Maxima:** The function has two local minima and one local maximum.
- The slope of the function \( f \) (derivative \( f' \)) changes sign at these extrema:
- Negative to positive slope indicates a local minimum.
- Positive to negative slope indicates a local maximum.
**Sketching \( f' \):**
- As you sketch the derivative \( f' \):
- The graph of \( f' \) should intersect the x-axis at points where \( f \) has its local maxima and minima.
- \( f' \) will be zero at these points because the tangent is horizontal.
- The sign of \( f' \) should change around these points:
- Positive when \( f \) is increasing.
- Negative when \( f \) is decreasing.
This conceptual guide will aid in creating a sketch of the graph of the derivative, focusing on critical points where the slope is zero and the intervals of increasing/decreasing behavior of the function.
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