document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=322161>Question 322161</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Exercises 25–44: Identify where ƒ is increasing and where ƒ<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ƒ(x) = 0.3x^2 - 4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Your function is a quadratic polynomial with no first degree term.  That means that the axis of symmetry is the y-axis.  Furthermore, the lead coefficient is positive so the parabola opens upward.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Decreasing on (<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE -\infty,0\">]\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Increasing on [<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 0,\infty\">)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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