BEATs ASSIGNMENT

XII – Mathematics (Increasing & Decreasing Functions)

1. Find the intervals in which the following functions are increasing or

decreasing.
(i) f(x) = 10 – 6x – 2x2 [NCERT, HSB 2002, 2002C]
(ii) 2
f(x) = x + 2x – 5 [NCERT]
(iii) f(x) = 6 – 9x – x 2 [NCERT, HSB 2000, 2002, 2002C]
(iv) 3 2
f(x) = 2x – 12x + 18x + 15
(v) f(x) = 5 + 36x + 3x2 – 2x3
(vi) f(x) = 8 + 36x +3x2 – 2x3
(vii) f(x) = 5x3 – 15x2 – 120x + 3
(viii) f(x) = x3 – 6x2 – 36x + 2
(ix) f(x) = 2x3 – 15x2 + 36x + 1 [CBSE 2005, 2010]
(x) f(x) = 2x3 + 9x2 + 12x – 1
(xi) f(x) = 2x3 – 9x2 + 12x – 5
(xii) f(x) = 6 + 12x + 3x2 – 2x3
(xiii) f(x) = 2x3 – 24x + 107
(xiv) f(x) = - 2x3 – 9x2 – 12x + 1 [NCERT, HSB 2000]
(xv) f(x) = (x - 1) (x – 2)2

(xvi) f(x) = x3 – 12x2 + 36x + 17 [CBSE 2001]

(xvii) 3
f(x) = 2x – 24x + 7
(xviii) f(x) = x4 - x3 – 3x2 + x + 11 [NCRT]
(xix) f(x) = x4 – 4x
(xx) f(x) = + x3 - x2 – 6x + 7
(xxi) f(x) = x4 – 4x3 + 4x2 + 15
(xxii) f(x) = 5x3/2 – 3x5/2, x > 0
(xxiii) f(x) = x8 + 6x2
(xxiv) f(x) = x3 – 6x2 + 9x + 15 [CBSE 200, 2004]
(xxv) f(x) = { ( − 2)} [NCERT CBSE 2010]
2. 2
Determine the values of x for which the function f(x) = x – 6x + 9 is increasing
or decreasing. Also, find the coordinates of the point on the curve y = x2 + 9 –
6x where the normal is parallel to the line y = x + 5.

3. Find the intervals in which f(x) = sin x – cos x, where 0 < x < 2π is increasing or
decreasing. [CBSE 2000, 2010]

4. Show that f(x) = e2x is increasing on R.

5. Show that f(x) = e1/x, x ≠ 0 is a decreasing function for all x ≠ 0.

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 6. Show that f(x) = loga x, 0 < a < 1 is a decreasing function for all x > 0.

7. Show that f(x) = sin x is increasing on (0, π/2) and decreasing on (π/2, π) and
neither increasing nor decreasing in (0, π). [NCERT]

8. Show that f(x) = log sin x is increasing on (0, π/2) and decreasing on (π/2, π).
[NCERT]
9. Show that f(x) = x – sin x is increasing for all x  R.

10. Show that f(x) = x3 – 15x2 + 75x – 50 is an increasing function for all x  R.

11. Show that f(x) = cos2 x is a decreasing function on (0, π/2).

12. Show that f(x) = sin x is an increasing function on (- π/2, π/2).

13. Show that f(x) = cos x is a decreasing function on (0, π), increasing in (- π, 0)
and neither increasing nor decreasing in (- π, π).

14. Show that f(x) = tan x is an increasing function on (-π/2, π/2).

15. Show that f(x) = tan-1 (sin x + cos x) is a deceasing function on the interval (π/4,
π/2).

16. Show that the function f(x) = sin (2x + π/4) is decreasing on (3π/ 8, 5π/8).

17. Show that the function f(x) tan x – 4x is decreasing function on (-π/3, π/3).

18. Show that f(x) = (x – 1) ex + 1 is an increasing function for all x > 0.

19. Show that the function x2 – x + 1 is neither increasing nor decreasing on (0, 1).

20. Show that f(x) = x9 + 4x7 + 11 is an increasing function for all x  R.

21. Prove that the function f(x) = x3 – 6x2 + 12x – 18 is increasing on R. [CBSE 2001 C]

22. Show that f(x) = x2 – x sin x is an increasing function on (0, π/2).

23. Find the value(s) of a for which f(x) = x3 – ax is an increasing function on R.

24. Find the values of b for which the function f(x) = sin x – bx + c is a decreasing
function on R.

25. Show that f(x) = x + cos x – a is an increasing function on R for all values of a.

26. Show that f(x) = sin x – cos x is an increasing function on (- π/4, π/4).

27. Show that f(x) = tan–1 x – x is a decreasing function on R.

28. Determine whether f(x) = - x/2 + sin x increasing or decreasing on (-π/3, π/3).

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29. Find the intervals in which f(x) = log (1 + x) - is increasing or decreasing.

[CBSE 2000 C]
30. Find the intervals in which f(x) = (x + 2) e – x is increasing or decreasing.
[CBSE 200C]
31. x
Show that the function f given by f (x) = 10 is increasing for all x.

32. Prove that the function f given by f (x) = x – [x] is increasing in (0, 1).

33. Prove that the function f (x) = 3x5 + 40x3 + 240x is increasing on R. [PSB 2000]

34. Prove that the function f given by f given by f (x) = log cos x is strictly
increasing on (-π/2, 0) and strictly decreasing on (0, π/2). [NCERT]

35. Prove that the function f given by f (x) = x3 – 3x2 + 4x is strictly increasing on R.
[NCERT]
36. Prove that the function f (x) = cos x is:
(i) strictly decreasing in (0, π) (ii) strictly increasing in (π, 2π)
(iii) neither increasing nor decreasing in (0, 2π)

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 Answers
1. Increasing Decreasing
(i) (- ∞, - 3/2) (- 3/2, ∞)
(ii) (-1, ∞) (- ∞, -1)
(iii) (- ∞, - 9/2) (-9/2, ∞)
(iv) (- ∞, 1)  (3, ∞) (1, 3)
(v) (-2, 3) (- ∞, -2)  (3, ∞)
(vi) (- 2, 3) (- ∞, -2)  (3, ∞)
(vii) (- ∞, -2)  (4, ∞) (-2, 4)
(viii) (- ∞, -2)  (6, ∞) (- 2 6)
(ix) (- ∞, 2)  (3, ∞) (2, 3)
(x) (- ∞, -2)  (-1, ∞) (-2, -1)
(xi) (- ∞, 1)  (2, ∞) (1, 2)
(xii) (- 1, 2) (- ∞, -1)  (2, ∞)
(xiii) (- ∞, -2)  (2, ∞) (- 2, 2)
(xiv) (- 2, - 1) (- ∞, -2)  (-1, ∞)
(xv) (- ∞, 4/3)  (2, ∞) (4/3, 2)
(xvi) (- ∞, 2)  (6, ∞) (2, 6)
(xvii) (- ∞, -2)  (2, ∞) (-2, 2)
(xviii)(-2, 1)  (3, ∞) (- ∞, -2)  (1, 3)
(xix) (1, ∞) (- ∞, 1)
(xx) (- 3, -1)  (2, ∞) (- ∞, -3)  (-1, 2)
(xxi) (0, 1)  (2, ∞) (- ∞, 0)  (1, 2)
(xxii) (0, 1) (1, ∞)
(xxiii)(0, ∞) (- ∞, 0)
(xxiv) (- ∞, 1)  (3, ∞) (1, 3)
(xxv) (0, 1)  (2, ∞) (- ∞, 0)  (1, 2)
2. Increasing on (3, ∞) and decreasing on (- ∞, 3); (5/2, 1/4)
3. Increasing on (0, 3π/4)  (7π/4, 2π); decreasing on (3π/4, 7π/4)
22. Increasing 23. a ≤ 0 24. b ≥ 1 28. Increasing
29. Increasing on (0, ∞); decreasing on (-1, 0)
30. Increasing on (- ∞, -1); decreasing on (-1, ∞)

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