Friday, February 13, 2009
Take-Home Test Discussion Post
You may address queries about questions on the Optimization test by commenting to this post. Please be careful not to share answers or entire solutions. Responses should be providing hints by guiding peers towards what to think about when attacking a problem. You may also want to refer to the post that provides tips for handling optimization problems.
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You say in the directions:
"Your may use your calculators' graphing utility only to check the answers you get; by no means should those features be used as a primary way to obtain answers."
Question 4:
"Say I want to optimize the function f(x)= (1/3)(x-3)^3-2(x-3)^2+12...you should also include a good sketch of the function order to support any assertions."
May we use the graphing function of our calculator to get the graph to sketch it?
Harrison, you pose a good question to clarify. Yes, you may use the graphing utility in helping to generate a sketch of the function, but please do redraw it on your answer sheet to the best of your ability. Also, use your knowledge, based on derivatives, to precisely locate the relative extremes and the inflection point.
why is this test so ridiculous?
A truly compelling question posted by someone who'd rather remain anonymous. The question is so profound that it is best to just ponder it instead of trying to answer it.
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