Calculus Concepts: An Informal Approach to the Mathematics of Change 5th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-43904-957-2
ISBN 13: 978-1-43904-957-0

Chapter 1 - Ingredients of Change: Functions and Limits - 1.2 Activities - Page 20: 6

Answer

The graph of the function is increasing in the following intervals: $[-3,-2], [-1,0], [1,2], [3,4]$ The graph of the function is decreasing in the following intervals: $[-4,-3], [-2,-1], [0,1], [2,3]$ The graph has upward concavity in the following intervals: $[-3.5,-2.5], [-1.5,-0.5], [0.5,1.5], [2.5,3.5]$ The graph has downward concavity in the following intervals: $[-4,-3.5], [-2.5,-1.5], [-0.5,0.5], [1.5,2.5]$

Work Step by Step

Answer given by direct observation of the graph.
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