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Question 1
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The function \(f(x) = x\ln x\) has a derivative \(f'(x) = 1 + \ln x\) and a second derivative \(f''(x) = \dfrac{1}{x}\)

(i)  Find the value of \(x\) for which \(y = f(x)\) has a stationary point

(ii)  Find the value of \(x\) for which \(f(x)\) is increasing

(iii)  Sketch the curve \(y = f(x)\) for \(0 \le x \le e\)

(iv)  Describe the behaviour of the graph as \(x\) approaches 0

(i)  \( - {e^{ - 1}}\)

(ii)  Increasing for values of \(x > \frac{1}{e}\)

(iii)  Refer to worked solutions

(iv)  As \(x \to 0\) the function tends to the origin, however is never equal to 0 since \(\ln 0\) is not defined.

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