Asked by Trinket
How are the increasing and decreasing intervals of a function and it’s reciprocal related?
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Answered by
oobleck
if f (a) and f(b) are positive, then
increasing means that if a<b then f(a) < f(b)
so 1/f(a) > 1/f(b)
so 1/f(x) is decreasing
Explore what happens when a or b or both are negative.
maybe a good online graphing site would be useful at this point to check your conclusions.
Or, if you have calculus, compare the derivatives.
increasing means that if a<b then f(a) < f(b)
so 1/f(a) > 1/f(b)
so 1/f(x) is decreasing
Explore what happens when a or b or both are negative.
maybe a good online graphing site would be useful at this point to check your conclusions.
Or, if you have calculus, compare the derivatives.
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