Math 2413 Graded Homework # 10 GHW10 28 October 2013

Due Monday 11/04/2013 in Lecture

Work to be done in Blue book per syllabus
Section 4.3: How Derivatives Aect the Shape of a Graph
Section 4.5: Summary of Curve Sketching
1. Let f(x) = x
4
+ 8x
3
+ 200.
(a) Find the domain of f.
(b) Find the open intervals on which f is increasing and the open intervals on which f is decreasing. Show
your work.
(c) Find the local maximum and minimum values of f, if any. Justify your answers.
(d) Find the open intervals where the graph of f is concave upward and the open intervals where the graph
of f is concave downward. Show your work.
(e) Find the points of inection of the graph of f, if any. Justify your answers.
(f) Find vertical and horizontal asymptotes of f, if any. Justify your answers with limit statements.
(g) Find y-intercepts, if any.
(h) Use the information from the previous parts to draw a sketch of the graph of f. Label your graph, and
include signicant points.
2. Let g(x) =
x
2
4
x
2
9
.
(a) Find the domain of g.
(b) Find the open intervals on which g is increasing and the open intervals on which g is decreasing. Show
your work.
(c) Find the local maximum and minimum values of g, if any. Justify your answers.
(d) Find the open intervals where the graph of g is concave upward and the open intervals where the graph
of g is concave downward. Show your work.
(e) Find the points of inection of the graph of g, if any. Justify your answers.
(f) Find vertical and horizontal asymptotes of g, if any. Justify your answers with limit statements.
(g) Find x-intercepts and y-intercepts, if any.
(h) Use the information from the previous parts to draw a sketch of the graph of g. Label your graph, and
include signicant points.
3. Let h(x) = 5x
2
3
2x
5
3
.
(a) Find the domain of h.
(b) Find the open intervals on which h is increasing and the open intervals on which h is decreasing. Show
your work.
(c) Find the local maximum and minimum values of h, if any.
(d) Find the open intervals where the graph of h is concave upward and the open intervals where the graph
of h is concave downward. Show your work.
(e) Find the points of inection of the graph of h, if any. Justify your answers.
(f) Find vertical and horizontal asymptotes of h, if any. Justify your answers with limit statements.
(g) Find x-intercepts and y-intercepts, if any.
(h) Use the information from the previous parts to draw a sketch of the graph of h. Label your graph, and
include signicant points.
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4. Let k(x) =
x
2
4
+ 3x + 4 ln x.
(a) Find the domain of k.
(b) Find the open intervals on which k is increasing and the open intervals on which k is decreasing. Show
your work.
(c) Find the local maximum and minimum values of k, if any.
(d) Find the open intervals where the graph of k is concave upward and the open intervals where the graph
of k is concave downward. Show your work.
(e) Find the points of inection of the graph of k, if any. Justify your answers.
(f) Find vertical and horizontal asymptotes of k, if any. Justify your answers with limit statements.
(g) Use the information from the previous parts to draw a sketch of the graph of k. Label your graph, and
include signicant points.
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