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I have researched what a local extrema is and every definition is weird or worded to where i do not understand it.
Can anyone explain what local extrema is.
Can anyone explain what local extrema is.
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Answered by
Steve
it is where the function changes direction. That is, it stops rising and starts falling (or stops falling and starts rising).
In other words, it is a maximum (or minimum) but only in a small area.
By the time you start worrying about this concept (presumably in calculus) you should have already studied parabolas and so forth, which have local max/mins -- extrema.
In other words, it is a maximum (or minimum) but only in a small area.
By the time you start worrying about this concept (presumably in calculus) you should have already studied parabolas and so forth, which have local max/mins -- extrema.
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