Applications Of Derivatives Question 5

Question: Let $ y=x^{2}{e^{-x}} $ , then the interval in which y increases with respect to x is

[MNR 1994; Kurukshetra CEE 1998]

Options:

A) $ (-\infty ,\infty ) $

B) $ (-2,,0) $

C) $ (2,\infty ) $

D) $ (0,,2) $

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Answer:

Correct Answer: D

Solution:

$ \frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{-1}{e^{x}}x(x-2) $ is $ +ve $ when $ x(x-2) $ is $ -ve $ i.e., x lies in the interval (0, 2), exponential function as we know is always $ +ve $ .