Question
Find intervals in which the function given by f (x) = sin 3x, x $\in\left[0, \frac{\pi}{2}\right]$ is (a) increasing (b) decreasing.

Answer

$f\left( x \right) = \sin 3x$ 
$f'\left( x \right) = 3\cos 3x$ 
$f'\left( x \right) = 0$ 
$\cos 3x = 0$ 
$3x = \frac{\pi }{2}$ 
$x = \frac{\pi }{6}$ 

S A
T C

int.

Sign of f’(x)

Result

$\left[ {0,\frac{\pi }{6}} \right)$

+tive

increase

$\left( {\frac{\pi }{6},\frac{\pi }{2}} \right]$

-tive

Decrease

Hence, f(x) is increasing on$\left( {0,\frac{\pi }{6}} \right)$and decreasing on $\left( {\frac{\pi }{6},\frac{\pi }{2}} \right)$

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