How do you find the critical numbers of f(x) = (4 x - 6)e^{-6 x} f(x)=(4x6)e6x?

1 Answer
May 5, 2017

The only critical number is 5/353

Explanation:

A critical number for ff is a number, cc, in the domain of ff with f'(c) = 0 or f'(c)# does not exist.

For f(x) = (4x-6)e^(-6x) the domain is (-oo,oo).

f'(x) = 4e^(-6x) + (4x-6)(-6e^(-6x))

= 4e^(-6x)-24xe^(-6x)+36e^(-6x)

= -24xe^(-6x)+40e^(-6x)

= -8e^(-6x)(3x-5)

f'(x) is defined for all real x and f'(x) = 0 at x=5/3

The only critical number is 5/3