Quote of the Day: "By the end of the first month of the 1995 session, each senator will have made more money than any person who works 40 hours a week at minimum wage for the entire year." -- Bill Clinton Objectives: The student will learn to solve for absolute extrema. 1. Draw pictures on the board and discuss the concept: 2. To find the absolute maximum and absolute minimum points: (A) First, determine the x-coordinates of the relative maximum and minimum points (the critical points). (B) Then substitute the x-coordinates of the endpoints and the x-coordinates of the critical points in the original function. (C) The largest y-value is the absolute maximum point and the smallest y-value is the absolute minimum point. 3. Example: 4. Assignment: p. 307 (1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10) |