(a)
\The function is
.
Rewrite the function as
.
Find the critical numbers by applying derivative .
\
Equate it to zero.
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The critical numbers are
and
.
Consider the test intervals to find the interval.
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Increasing | \
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Decreasing | \
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Increasing | \
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Decreasing | \
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Increasing | \
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The function
is increasing on the intervals
,
and
.
The function
is decreasing on the intervals
and
.
(b)
\Use first derivative test to identify all relative extrema.
\
changes from positive to negative at
. [From (a)]
Therefore according to first derivative test , the function has maximum at
.
When
Relative maximum point is
.
Similarly
has relative maximum points at
.
has relative minimum points at
and
.
(c)
\Graph the function
to verify the above result .

(a)
\The function
is increasing on the intervals
,
and
.
The function
is decreasing on the intervals
and
.
(b)
\The function
has relative maximum points at
and
.
The function
has relative minimum points at
and
.
(c)
\
.