Section 4.1 Maximum and Minimum Values

Course Objectives

Students will be able to:
- explain the differene between an absolute minimum/maximum and a local minimum/maximum of a function.
- given the graph of a function, identify the local maximum/minimum and absolute maximum/minimum of the function.
- calculate the critical numbers of a function.
- calculate the absolute minimum and absolute maximum of a function on a given interval of real numbers.
- using principles of problem solving solve applications that involve finding extreme (maximum, minimum) values.

Learning Resources

TO DO for this section:

Read/study key definitions and examples from the textbook and/or the provided Powerpoint PDF files.
Watch the Pre-Recorded Video Lecture videos.
Study the Lecture Notes created from the pre-recorded video lectures.
Complete assignments that include this section. They are located in the Assignments section. SAVE and organize your written work.
Log on to Online Class and Office Hours sessions to ask questions.
For extra practice, check out the exercise sets from the textbook.