Lösung 1.3:2b

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In order to determine the function's extreme points, we investigate three types of points:

1. Critical points, i.e. where \displaystyle {f}'\left( x \right)=0;

2. Points where the function is not differentiable;

3. Endpoints of the interval of definition.

In our case, we have that:

1. The derivative of \displaystyle f\left( x \right) is given by

\displaystyle {f}'\left( x \right)=3-2x

and becomes zero when \displaystyle x=\frac{3}{2}.

2. The function is a polynomial, and is therefore differentiable everywhere.

3. The function is defined for all \displaystyle x, and there are therefore the interval of definition has no endpoints.

There is thus a point \displaystyle x=\frac{3}{2}, where the function possibly has an extreme point.

If we write down a sign table for the derivative, we see that \displaystyle x=\frac{3}{2} is a local maximum.

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Because the function is given by a second-degree expression, its graph is a parabola with a maximum at \displaystyle \left( \frac{3}{2} \right.,\left. \frac{17}{4} \right) and we can draw it with the help of a few couple of points.

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