When the function takes its maximum value for , what is ?
Give your answer to 3 decimal places.
Bonus:
Generalize this for the function
.
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Easy one,
First of all we'll try generalization.
So y = x n × 1 − x m
So d x d y = n x n − 1 × ( 1 − x ) m − m ( 1 − x ) m − 1 x n
Now we know for Maxima or Minima , We have d x d y = 0
So We get 0 = n x n − 1 × ( 1 − x ) m − m ( 1 − x ) m − 1 x n
So On simplyfying we get,
n m ( 1 − x ) = x
or , n − n x = m x
OR x = m + n n
So General Term for x = m + n n
SO for this problem we get m = 2 1 and n = 1
Hence Putting m and n we get,
x = 3 2 = 0 . 6 6 6 . . .
So Value of x such that y = x 1 × 1 − x 2 1 in minimum will be
x = 3 2 = 0 . 6 6 6 . . .