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local max #957

Closed pfatheddin closed 6 months ago

pfatheddin commented 6 months ago

See conceptsOfGraphingFunctions/exercises/graphingFunctions3A.tex

https://ximera.osu.edu/mooculus/conceptsOfGraphingFunctions/exercises/exerciseList/conceptsOfGraphingFunctions/exercises/graphingFunctions3A

Here they say there is a local max at 1: image image

But the graph is decreasing then decreasing at 1 so it can't be a local max.

bwramsey commented 6 months ago

It is definitely a local maximum. For instance, it's the highest point on the interval (0,2). It sounds like you're trying to use the first derivative test when it doesn't apply.

pfatheddin commented 6 months ago

yes. I was going by the rules not the intuitive way of thinking of local max.