Practicing Success
The values of ‘a’ for which the function $(a+2)x^3-3ax^2+9ax-1$ decreases monotonically throughout for all real x are: |
a < -2 a > -2 -3 < a < 0 -∞ < a < -3 |
-∞ < a < -3 |
$f(x)=(a+2)x^3-3ax^2+9ax-1⇒f'(x)=3(a+2)x^2-6ax+9a<0\,∀\,x∈R$ $⇒a+2<0,36a^2-4.3(a+2)9a<0⇒a<-2,a^2-3a(a+2)<0$ $a<-2,-2a^2-6a<0$ $⇒a<-2,a<-3,a>0⇒a∈(-∞,-3)$ |