Question

Determine the location and values of absolute maximum and minimum for given function
f(x)= (-x+2)^4 , where 0<=x<=3

Answer 1

Answer:

No calculus is needed if you remember how to complete the square: f(x)=x2−2x−2=(x−1)2−3.

Thus the minimum is at x=1 and the max at x=0.