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Use the first derivative test to determine the location of each local extremum and the value of the function at these extremums.

Use the first derivative test to determine the location of each local extremum and-example-1
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Again, to find the local max/min, you need to find when the slope is equal to zero.

In this integral, you need to use the product rule.
f(x)=xe^(-3x)
The product rule states:
If f(x)=g(x)*h(x), then f'(x)=g(x)*h'(x)+g'(x)*h(x)
Let g(x) in this case be x and h(x) be e^(-3x)
Thus g'(x)=1 and h'(x)=-3e^(-3x)
Thus f'(x)=-3xe^(-3x)+e^(-3x)

Since we want slope to be zero, let's set f'(x)=0
0=-3xe^(-3x)+e^(-3x)
0=e^(-3x)(-3x+1)
since e^(-3x) can't equal zero(since it has a asymptote at y=0), we can cancel it to get
0=(-3x+1)
Thus at x=1/3 is an extrema

Now we plug that into f(x) to get f(1/3)=(1/3)e^(-3/3)=1/(3e)

Now we have to check if it's a max or a min.
To do this, we plug a value greater than the max x value into f'(x) and see if it's positive or negative.
f'(0)=-3(0)e^(-3(0))+e^(-3(0))=1, which is positive.
If the result is positive, it's a minimum.

Thus (1/3, 1/(3e)) is a minimum
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