Increasing and decreasing intervals

Increasing and decreasing intervals

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State the open intervals on which y=- x + ln(x) is increasing or decreasing, on the domain x>0. Justify your intervals using the derivative sign.

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Answer:Increasing for \(0<x<1\); decreasing for \(x>1\).

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