document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=302151>Question 302151</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> State approximately the intervals on which f (x) = x4 - 4x3 - 22x2 + 52x - 7 is increasing and on which f (x) = x4 - 4x3 - 22x2 + 52x - 7 is decreasing. Round your answers to the nearest tenth. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I really don't know how to start this problem. Can you tell me how to do it & I will do the math? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #216672 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=216672\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> you need to find the maxima and minima\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "setting the first derivative equal to zero will give you the x values\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "this function is shaped roughly like a \"W\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "starting on the left-hand side of the \"W\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "___ the function is decreasing on the downward stroke<BR>\n" );
document.write( "___ then increasing on the first inside upward stroke<BR>\n" );
document.write( "___ then decreasing on the next inside downward stroke<BR>\n" );
document.write( "___ then finally increasing on the last outside upward stroke\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the points where the strokes intersect are the boundries between the increasing and decreasing intervals\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "remember that the outsides strokes go to infinity on the x-axis; one positive and one negative<BR>\n" );
document.write( "___ they both go to positive infinity on the y-axis\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in case you haven't had any calculus<BR>\n" );
document.write( "___ the first derivative is ___ 4x^3 - 12x^2 - 44x + 52 </SPAN>\n" );
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