Chapter 8 Applying the optimization procedure
Theorem 7.8 gives us a procedure for finding extrema of functions on closed intervals. Now we’re going to apply that procedure to help us find the best, cheapest, most effective, etc.
As with any application problem, the hardest part is setting up the mathematical model that captures the situation we want to apply Theorem 7.8 to. Since our optimization tool applies to functions, the task boils down to writing a single function. Luckily for us, we discussed a lot of what we’ll need here back in Chapter 1.
