Increasing and Decreasing Functions

Author:Karnataka Board
12th Karnataka Board
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Increasing and Decreasing Functions: Overview

This topic discusses increasing and decreasing functions. A function is said to be increasing for any two points x and y; if xf(y).

Important Questions on Increasing and Decreasing Functions

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Find the intervals in which the function f given by f(x)=2x2-3x is strictly decreasing.

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Find the values of x for which y=[x(x-2)]2 is an increasing function.

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Find the intervals in which the following function is strictly increasing or decreasing:
(x+1)3(x-3)3

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Find the intervals in which the following function is strictly increasing or decreasing:
6-9x-x2

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Find the intervals in which the following function is strictly increasing or decreasing:
-2x3-9x2-12x+1

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Find the intervals in which the following function is strictly increasing or decreasing:
10-6x-2x2

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Find the intervals in which the following function is strictly increasing or strictly decreasing:
x2+2x-5

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Find the intervals in which the function f given by f(x)=2x3-3x2-36x+7 is strictly increasing.

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Find the intervals in which the function f given by fx=x3+1x3,x0 is decreasing.

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Show that the function f given by f(x)=sinx is neither increasing nor decreasing in (0,π).

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Show that the function f given by f(x)=sinx is strictly decreasing in π2,π.

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Show that the function f given by f(x)=sinx is strictly increasing in 0,π2.

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Find the intervals in which the function f given by fx=4sinx-2x-xcosx2+cosx is decreasing.

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Which of the following function are strictly decreasing on 0, π2?

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The interval in which y=x2e-x is strictly increasing is

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Prove that the function given by f(x)=x3-3x2+3x-100 is increasing in R.

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Prove that the function f given by f(x)=logcosx is strictly decreasing on 0,π2 and strictly increasing on π2,π.

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Prove that the function f given by f(x)=logsinx is strictly increasing on 0,π2 and strictly decreasing on π2,π.

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Let I be any interval disjoint from [-1,1]. Prove that the function f given by f(x)=x+1x is strictly increasing on I.

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Find the least value of a such that the function f given by f(x)=x2+ax+1 is strictly increasing on (1,2).