are mostly on Mean value theorem and linear approximation and not about optimization. There is a small question in Problem 15 that asks to optimize f'(x) but it is mostly on approximations. It is helpful to make the assignment shorter so they can just focus on optimization and learn its process.
See optimization/exercises/optimizationExercise8.tex
Problem 14: https://ximera.osu.edu/mooculus/optimization/exercises/exerciseList/optimization/exercises/optimizationExercise8 and Problem 15: https://ximera.osu.edu/mooculus/optimization/exercises/exerciseList/optimization/exercises/optimizationExercise9
are mostly on Mean value theorem and linear approximation and not about optimization. There is a small question in Problem 15 that asks to optimize f'(x) but it is mostly on approximations. It is helpful to make the assignment shorter so they can just focus on optimization and learn its process.