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Tutorial 1: Monotonic Functions and the First Derivative Test

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Example 2: Find the local extrema of:

and sketch its graph.

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Solution: First we find the critical numbers of f:

The derivative when 5-7x=0, that is, . Also does not exist when x=1. So the critical numbers are and 1.