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The value of $x$ for which $f(x) = x^3 - 6x^2 - 36x + 7 $ is increasing, belong to

Updated On: Apr 17, 2024
  • $(-1, 0) \cup (1, 5)4$
  • $(-2, 0) \cup (1, 6)$
  • $(\infty, 2) \cup (6, \infty)$
  • $(-2, 6)$
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The Correct Option is C

Solution and Explanation

$f\left(x\right)=x^{3 } -6x^{2} -36x+7$
$ f'\left(x\right)= 3x^{2}-12x -36 $
Now, $f'\left(x\right) = 0$
$ \Rightarrow 3x^{2} - 12x -36 = 0 $
$\Rightarrow x=-2,6 $

Hence,f(x) is increasing in $(\infty 2) \cup (6, \infty)$
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Application of Derivatives

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Rate of Change of Quantities:

If some other quantity ‘y’ causes some change in a quantity of surely ‘x’, in view of the fact that an equation of the form y = f(x) gets consistently pleased, i.e, ‘y’ is a function of ‘x’ then the rate of change of ‘y’ related to ‘x’ is to be given by 

\(\frac{\triangle y}{\triangle x}=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}\)

This is also known to be as the Average Rate of Change.

Increasing and Decreasing Function:

Consider y = f(x) be a differentiable function (whose derivative exists at all points in the domain) in an interval x = (a,b).

  • If for any two points x1 and x2 in the interval x such a manner that x1 < x2, there holds an inequality f(x1) ≤ f(x2); then the function f(x) is known as increasing in this interval.
  • Likewise, if for any two points x1 and x2 in the interval x such a manner that x1 < x2, there holds an inequality f(x1) ≥ f(x2); then the function f(x) is known as decreasing in this interval.
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