Lesson #73
Absolute Maximum and Minimum

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. Song about MAXIMA and minima

5. Assignment:
p. 307 (1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10)

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