Increasing and Decreasing Functions
Increasing and Decreasing Functions
Objective questions
1. The interval in which the function 𝑓 given by 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 𝑒 −𝑥 is strictly
increasing is
(a) (−∞, ∞) (b) (−∞, 0) (c) (2, ∞) d) (0,2)
2. The interval in which the function 𝑓 given by 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 6 is strictly
increasing is
(a) (−∞, 2) ∪ (2, ∞) (b) (2, ∞) (c) (−∞, 2) d) (−∞, 2] ∪ (2, ∞)
3. The function 𝑓 given by 𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 3 − 15𝑥 2 + 36𝑥 + 6 is increasing in the
interval
(a) (−∞, 2) ∪ (3, ∞) (b) (−∞, 2) (c) (−∞, 2] ∪ [3, ∞) d) (3, ∞)
4. The interval in which the functions 𝑓 given by 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 3 − 6𝑥 2 + 6 is
increasing is
(a) (−∞, −4) ∪ (0, ∞) (b) (−∞, 4) (c) (−4,0) d) (−∞, 0) ∪ (4, ∞)
5. The real function 𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 3 − 3𝑥 2 − 36𝑥 + 7 is
(a) strictly increasing in (−∞, −2) and strictly decreasing in (−2, ∞)
(b) strictly increasing in (−2,3)
(c) strictly increasing in (−∞, 3) and strictly decreasing in (3, ∞)
(d) strictly decreasing in (−∞, −2) ∪ (3, ∞)
6. The interval in which the function 𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 3 + 9𝑥 2 + 12𝑥 − 1 is decreasing is
a) (−1, ∞) (b) (−2, −1) (c) (−∞, −2) (d) [−1,1]
7. The function (𝑥) = 𝑥 3 − 3𝑥 2 + 12𝑥 − 18 is
(a) strictly decreasing on R (b) strictly increasing on R
(c) neither strictly increasing nor strictly decreasing on R
(d) strictly decreasing on (−∞, 0)
8. The function 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 3 + 3𝑥 is increasing in the interval
(a) −∞, 0) (b) (0, ∞) (c) R (d) (0,1)