Monotonicity

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Monotonicity: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Points of Inflection of a Function in an Interval, Monotonicity of a Function, Proving Inequalities Using Curvature of a Function & Radius of Curvature at a Point on a Curve etc.

Important Questions on Monotonicity

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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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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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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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The number of points, where the curve y=x5-20x3+50x+2 crosses the x-axis, is ?

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

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

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The function fx=tan-11-x21+x2 is

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If fx=x-2sinx0x2π is increasing in the interval aπ,, then a+b is

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Which of the following graph of fx is monotonically increasing or decreasing at the point x=a?

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For constant number a, consider the function fx=ax+cos2x+sinx+cosx on  such that fu<fv for u<v. If the range of a for any real number x is mn, where m,n, then the minimum value of m+n is

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Interval of monotonicity of fx=xx2-6x-16 is 

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Let fx=xex1-x then fx is:

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Let fx=xcos-1-sinx,x-π2,π2, then which of the following is true?

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f:RR and g:RR be two function defined by fx=logex2+1ex+1 and gx=12e2xex, find the range of α if fgα123>fgα53

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What is the interval in which the function fx=xcosx is increasing ?

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The smallest natural value of a for which the function fx=2x+1-a2-x+2a+1ln2x-6 xR, is increasing