Question

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Answer 1

What is the maximum number of turns in the graph of the function f(x)=x^4-x^3+3x+1?

Answer 2

how do you determine this?

Answer 3

@ganeshie8 can you help please buddy?

Answer 4

@radar

Answer 5

It is simply one less than the power of the greatest exponent. The greatest exponent here is 4. So it is one less than this

Answer 6

The maximum number of turns is one less than 4, so 3

Answer 7

the maximum number of turns in a function with a degree n, is n-1.
like:
parabola (2nd degree) has 1 turn.
3nd degree, has 2 turn.

and etc...

Answer 8

Pretty much

Answer 9

@hedyeh99 thank you so much for your help i really appreciate it :)

Answer 10

Your welcome :)