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OpenStudy (howard-wolowitz):

Determine the end behavior of the given polynomial function:

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OpenStudy (howard-wolowitz):

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OpenStudy (howard-wolowitz):

Hardest question!!!!

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

not at all what is the degree of the polynomial? that is pretty much all you need to know, that, and the leading coefficient

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

(even or odd)

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OpenStudy (howard-wolowitz):

so postive then negative

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

? did you find the degree?

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

The function can be re-written as$(x^2 -9)(x^3-5)^2$ when x tends to - infinity the exponents (just plug a very very negative value for x to check ) would make the substituted value positive so the function would tend to +infinity. Similarly when x tens to + infinity (plug a very large positive value for x)then the function again tends to +infinity. SO both ends of the function point upwards.

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OpenStudy (howard-wolowitz):

infinity?

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

the number line goes to infinity on both ends

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

I'll show you, just a sec

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

when we say + infinity we mean a very very very large positive number

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

similarly when say -infinity we mean a very very very very negative number something like -1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

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OpenStudy (howard-wolowitz):

but my answers don have nummbers

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

the term infinity basically means that if you can think of a very very very large number infinity is still larger.

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

we don't deal with actual numbers here, just the idea of very very very large numbers

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

the function will have a graph , right?

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

and the graph goes on beyond the size of a page?

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

we don't actually see the "ends" just the limits of our sketch

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

for example

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

the shape is called the parabola, but the ends that you see on the picture are not the actual ends of the function, just the point where we stopped drawing the curve

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

when we talk of the end behavior we mean to say that the check if the ends point upwards towards the + side of the Y axis or downwards towards the negative side of the Y axis

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

are you following?

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OpenStudy (howard-wolowitz):

yes but its hard

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

which grade are you in? I'll tell it you in the relevant terms.

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OpenStudy (howard-wolowitz):

11th

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

then you must have worked with quadratic equations?

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OpenStudy (howard-wolowitz):

so the end infinity sign must be negative right?

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

plotting graphs from tabular values like|dw:1424354707618:dw|

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