NCERT Exemplar Class 12 Maths Unit 6 Application of Derivatives

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NCERT Exemplar Class 12 Maths Unit 6 Application of Derivatives

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6.1 Overview
6.1.1 Rate of change of quantities

6.1.2 Tangents and normals
A line touching a curve y = f (x) at a point (x1 , y1) is called the tangent to the curve at that point and its equation is given
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The normal to the curve is the line perpendicular to the tangent at the point of contact, and its equation is given as:

The angle of intersection between two curves is the angle between the tangents to the curves at the point of intersection.
6.1.3 Approximation

6.1.4 Increasing/decreasing functions
A continuous function in an interval (a, b) is :
(i) strictly increasing if for all x 1 , x 2 ∈ (a, b), x 1 < x 2 ⇒ f (x 1 ) < f (x 2 ) or for all x ∈ (a, b), f ′ (x) > 0
(ii) strictly decreasing if for all x 1 , x 2 ∈ (a, b), x 1 < x 2 ⇒ f (x 1 ) > f (x 2 ) or for all x ∈ (a, b), f ′(x) < 0
6.1.5 Theorem : Let f be a continuous function on [a, b] and differentiable in (a, b) then
(i) f is increasing in [a, b] if f ′ (x) > 0 for each x ∈ (a, b)
(ii) f is decreasing in [a, b] if f ′ (x) < 0 for each x ∈ (a, b)
(iii) f is a constant function in [a, b] if f ′ (x) = 0 for each x ∈ (a, b).
6.1.6 Maxima and minima
Local Maximum/Local Minimum for a real valued function f
A point c in the interior of the domain of f, is called
(i) local maxima, if there exists an h > 0 , such that f (c) > f (x), for all x in (c – h, c + h).
The value f (c) is called the local maximum value of f
(ii) local minima if there exists an h > 0 such that f (c) < f (x), for all x in (c – h, c + h).
The value f (c) is called the local minimum value of
A function f defined over [a, b] is said to have maximum (or absolute maximum) at x = c, c ∈ [a, b], if f (x) ≤ f (c) for all x ∈ [a, b].
Similarly, a function f (x) defined over [a, b] is said to have a minimum [or absolute minimum] at x = d, if f (x) ≥ f (d) for all x ∈ [a, b].
6.1.7 Critical point of f : A point c in the domain of a function f at which either f ′ (c) = 0 or f is not differentiable is called a critical point of f.
Working rule for finding points of local maxima or local minima:
(a) First derivative test:
(i) If f ′ (x) changes sign from positive to negative as x increases through c, then c is a point of local maxima, and f (c) is local maximum value.
(ii) If f ′ (x) changes sign from negative to positive as x increases through c, then c is a point of local minima, and f (c) is local minimum value.
(iii) If f ′ (x) does not change sign as x increases through c, then c is neither a point of local minima nor a point of local maxima. Such a point is called a point of inflection.
(b) Second Derivative test: Let f be a function defined on an interval I and c ∈ I. Let f be twice differentiable at c. Then
(i) x = c is a point of local maxima if f ′(c) = 0 and f ″(c) < 0. In this case f (c) is then the local maximum value.
(ii) x = c is a point of local minima if f ′ (c) = 0 and f ″(c) > 0. In this case f (c) is the local minimum value.
(iii) The test fails if f ′(c) = 0 and f ″ (c) = 0. In this case, we go back to first derivative test.
6.1.8 Working rule for finding absolute maxima and or absolute minima :
Step 1 : Find all the critical points of f in the given interval.
Step 2 : At all these points and at the end points of the interval, calculate the values of f.
Step 3 : Identify the maximum and minimum values of f out of the values calculated in step 2. The maximum value will be the absolute maximum value of f and the minimum value will be the absolute minimum value of f.