Q9 of 292 Page 549

Prove that is strictly increasing on R.

Consider f(x)=3x


The domain of f(x) is R.


f’(x)=3xln(3)


3x is always greater than 0 and ln(3) is also + ve.


Overall f’(x) is >0 means strictly increasing in its domain i.e. R.


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