Answer
(a)
Work Step by Step
(see page 264)
The graph of a polynomial of degree n has at most n-1 local extrema.
a) if n=3 there can not be 4 extrema
b) possible, example:$ f(x)=x^{3}$
c) possible, example:$ f(x)=-x^{4}$
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