Use calculus to find the absolute maximum and minimum values of the function. f(x) = 5x − 10 cos(x), −2 ≤ x ≤ 0 (a) Use a graph to find the absolute maximum and minimum values of the function to two decimal places.

The absolute maximum is about -5.84 at x = -2.

And the absolute minimum is about -11.28 at x = -π/6.

Step-by-step explanation:

We want to find the absolute maximum and minimum values of the function:

First, we should evaluate the endpoints of the interval:

And:

Recall that extrema of a function occurs at its critical points. The critical points of a function are whenever its derivative is zero or undefined.

So, find the derivative of the function:

Differentiate:

Set the function equal to zero:

And solve for x:

Using the unit circle, our solutions are:

There is only one solution in the interval [-2, 0]:

Thus, we only have one critical point on the interval.

Substituting this back into the function yields:

In conclusion, the absolute maximum value of f on the interval [-2, 0] is about -5.8385 at x = -2 and the absolute minimum value of f is about -11.2782 at x = -π/6.

We can see this from the graph below as well.

To make a gallons,

Ms. O'Brien needs

12 8/10 cups of water or 12.8 cups of water

3 1/5 cups of water or 3.2 cups of vinegar

Step-by-step explanation:

Ms. O'Brien makes her own cleaning solution to clean her floors! (yet, she can't clean her measuring cups?)

She mixes 8 cups of water with 2 cups of vinegar.

Hence: The total number of cups for the cleaning mixture = 8 cups of water + 2 cups of vinegar = 10 cups

If she wants to make a 1 gallon mixture of her cleaning solution, how much water and how much vinegar should she add?

Note that: There are 16 cups in a gallon

Hence:

For number of cups of water:

10 cups of cleaning mixture = 8 cups of water

16 cups of cleaning mixture = x

Cross Multiply

10x = 16 × 8

x = 16 × 8/10

x = 12 8/10 cups of water or 12.8 cups of water

For the number of cups of vinegar

10 cups of cleaning mixture = 2 cups of water

16 cups of cleaning mixture = x

Cross Multiply

10x = 16 × 2

x = 16 × 2/10

x = 3 1/5 cups of water or 3.2 cups of vinegar

Therefore, to make a gallon

Ms. O'Brien needs

12 8/10 cups of water or 12.8 cups of water

3 1/5 cups of water or 3.2 cups of vinegar