Consider the Function $f ( x ) = \frac { 8 x } { \ln x }$

question 5

Short Answer

Consider the function $f ( x ) = \frac { 8 x } { \ln x }$ . (a) Find the intervals on which $f$ is increasing or decreasing.
(b) Find the relative maxima and relative minima of $f$ .

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