(a) Find the critical numbers of
(b) Determine the open intervais on which
(c) Use the First Derivative Test to determine whether each critical point is a relative maximum, minimum, or neither.
Relative maxima oceur at
Relative minima occur at
(Separate multiple answers by commas.)
Since there are no critical numbers, there are no relative maxima or minima.
Step 1 :Find the derivative of the function
Step 2 :The derivative is
Step 3 :Simplify the derivative using the Pythagorean identity to get
Step 4 :The critical numbers are the values of x for which
Step 5 :Since the derivative of the function is a negative constant, the function is decreasing on its entire domain, which is
Step 6 :So,
Step 7 :Since there are no critical numbers, there are no relative maxima or minima.