What is the end behavior of the graph of f(x) = 2x3 + 7x2 + 4x - 4?

A) Left side continues down, right side continues up
B) Left side continues up, right side continues down
C) Both sides continue up
D) Both sides continue down

Question

What is the end behavior of the graph of f(x) = 2x3 + 7x2 + 4x - 4?

A) Left side continues down, right side continues up
B) Left side continues up, right side continues down
C) Both sides continue up
D) Both sides continue down

aravindg · Answer

what do u meanr

aravindg · Answer

did u mean what type of graph it has?

anonymous · Answer

2x^3

anonymous · Answer

A ploynomial behaves near infinity like the term of highest degree.

aravindg · Answer

may be this would help u to visualize it and make ur observations

eyust707 · Answer

On an exam you probably wont be able to use a grapher...

eyust707 · Answer

so the easiest way to do these is just imagine what happeneds to "f(x)" as we plug in really really large negitive numbers, and really really large positive numbers

eyust707 · Answer

the most significant term is the one with the ^3 so just look at that and see if the numbers get + or - as you plug in really big numbers