Given, Absolute maximum and absolute minimum values of a function exist at a point where its first derivative is zero or at the end points of the given interval. So first we find the derivative of the given function: Now f'(x)=0 Now computing the value of the function at these points and at the end points of the interval: at at at We didn't find the value of f(1), because 1 does not belongs to the interval . Hence absolute maximum value is 12.8148 and absolute minimum value is 10.