5.4 Finding the maximum and minimum of a function

An example of how to find the maxima and minima of a continuous function on a closed and bounded interval.

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0:00 Introduction
0:09 Laying out example
1:09 Plan to find extrema
1:52 Calculations for example
2:41 Using results
3:22 Sketching the graph

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