Optimization (part 2)
Channel: Andrew Misseldine
Date: 2020-03-23

An optimization problem is a story problem that involving finding a maximum or minimum values. This will require we find the derivative and critical numbers. We find the extrema by using the Extreme Value Theorem.

This is part 39 of the lecture series offered by Dr. Andrew Misseldine for the course Math 1210 - Calculus I at Southern Utah University. A transcript of this lecture can be found at Dr. Misseldine's website or through his Google Drive at: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TG60al7w0nMESY3pxaLQy353gmJDZCR_&authuser=andrewmisseldine@suu.edu&usp=drive_fs This lecture is based upon Section 4.7 of Calculus by James Stewart. Please post any questions you might have below in the comment field and Dr. Misseldine (or other commenters) can answer them for you. Please also subscribe for further updates.