Question

Monotonically increasing functions are usually referred to as decreasing functions.

(a) True

(b) False

I had been asked this question by my college professor while I was bunking the class.

I would like to ask this question from Derivatives Application in portion Application of Derivatives of Mathematics – Class 12

Answer 1

Correct option is (b) False

To explain I would say: Monotonically increasing functions are usually referred to as increasing functions whereas monotonically decreasing functions are usually referred to as decreasing functions.