Increasing and Decreasing Function

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Increasing and Decreasing Function: Overview

This topic consists of various concepts like Monotonicity of a Function,Monotonically Increasing/Decreasing Function in an Interval,Strictly Increasing/Decreasing Function in an Interval, etc.

Important Questions on Increasing and Decreasing Function

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Find the intervals in which the following function  fx=209x+6x2x3 is

a Strictly increasing,

b Strictly decreasing.

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Find the intervals in which the function f given by f(x)=sinx+cosx,0x2π,  is strictly decreasing.

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Find the intervals in which the function  fx=2x315x2+36x+1 is strictly decreasing. Also find the points on which the tangents are parallel to the x-axis.

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The intervals in which the function  fx=x312x2+36x+17  would increase is:

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Consider the following statements :

1. f(x)=ln x is increasing in 0, 

2. g(x)=ex+e1x is decreasing in 0, 

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Let gx=fx+f1-x and f"x>0,x0,1. If g is decreasing in the interval 0,α and increasing in the interval α,1, then tan-12α+tan-11α+tan-1α+1α is equal to

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Find the point on the curve y=x2-4x+5 at which the tangent is parallel to the x-axis.

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The point on the curve y=x2-4x+5 at which the tangent is parallel to the x-axis is ?

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The set of all a for which the equation x|x-1|+|x+2|+a=0 has exactly one real root, is

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Let f:2,4 be a differentiable function such that xlogexf'x+logexfx+fx1,x2,4 with f2=12 and f4=12.
Consider the following two statements:

(A) fx1, for all x2,4

(B) fx1/8, for all x2,4

Then,

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Write the set of values of x for which the function fx=sinx-x is increasing.

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The interval in which the function fx=x2e-x is increasing, is

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Write the set of values of x for which the function fx=sinx-x is increasing.

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The function fx=tan-1sinx+cosx is an increasing function in

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Find the intervals in which the function f given by fx=x2-4x+6 is decreasing.

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Prove that the function given by fx=cos x is increasing in π, 2π.

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Prove that the function given by fx=cos x is neither increasing nor decreasing in 0, 2π.

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Find intervals in which the function given by fx=sin 3x, x0, π2 is decreasing.

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Find the intervals in which the function f given by fx=4x3-6x2-72x+30 is decreasing.

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If fx=sin4x+cos4x+bx+c, then find possible values of b and c such that fx is monotonic.