f(x) = x^4 - x^3 - 4^x2 +4 By DesCartes' rule of signs it has 2 sign changes so it has 2 or 0 positive real zeros. We know by the factored form f(x) = (x^3 - 4x - 4)(x-1) That it has at least 1 positive real zero, 1, so by DesCartes' rule of signs, it MUST have 2 positive real zeros. We know since 1 has multiplicity 1 that the curve cuts through the x-axis there. We know it goes up on the far right because the leading coefficient 1 of 1x^4 is positive. We know that it also goes up on the far left also because the degree 4 is even. We make a table of 5 values: x | y -2 | 12 -1 | 2 0 | 4 2 |-4 3 |22 We plot those points:So the graph must look something like this: Edwin