Understanding Extrema in Graphs

The video tutorial explains how to determine relative and absolute extrema from a graph of a function. It highlights the importance of continuous functions over open intervals and discusses the lack of guaranteed absolute extrema in such cases. The tutorial identifies critical points where the graph turns or has high and low points, and approximates their coordinates. It further analyzes the graph to determine the presence of absolute and relative extrema, explaining the conditions under which these occur.

What is a characteristic of a continuous function over an open interval?

• It may not have any absolute extrema.

• It is always increasing.

• It always has an absolute maximum.

• It is always decreasing.

What are critical points on a graph?

• Points where the graph is vertical.

• Points where the graph has high or low points or turns.

• Points where the graph is horizontal.

• Points where the graph is undefined.

Why do we not consider endpoints in an open interval?

• Because they are undefined.

• Because they are always minimum points.

• Because they are always maximum points.

• Because they are not part of the graph.

Why is there no absolute maximum in the given graph?

• Because the graph is decreasing.

• Because the interval is open.

• Because the endpoints are closed.

• Because the graph is not continuous.

What is the ordered pair for the low point on the right side of the graph?

• (1.5, -5)

• (2.9, -12)

• (0, -3)

• (-1.4, -4.1)

What is the absolute minimum of the graph?

• The y-value of 0 at x = 0

• The y-value of -12 at x = 2.9

• The y-value of -4.1 at x = -1.4

• The y-value of -3 at x = 0

What does the point (-1.4, -4.1) represent on the graph?

• An absolute maximum

• An absolute minimum

• A relative minimum

• A relative maximum

What is the relative maximum of the graph?

• The y-value of -4.1 at x = -1.4

• The y-value of -3 at x = 0

• The y-value of 0 at x = 0

• The y-value of -12 at x = 2.9

What is the significance of the point (0, -3) on the graph?

• It is a relative minimum.

• It is the absolute maximum.

• It is the absolute minimum.

• It is a relative maximum.

What does a relative minimum indicate on a graph?

• The lowest point of the entire graph.

• A high point in a specific interval.

• The highest point of the entire graph.

• A low point in a specific interval.