document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=54176>Question 54176</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Over what interval is the following piecewise function increasing?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "         {-1-x for x<-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f(x)     {3x+7 for -2less than/equal to x less than/equal to -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "         { 1   for x > -1 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "1st Part:{-1-x for x<-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The slope is -1 so it's not increasing.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2nd Part: f(x) {3x+7 for -2less than/equal to x less than/equal to -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The slope is 3 so it is increasing on the closed interval [-2,-1]<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3rd Part: { 1 for x > -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The slope is zero so it's not increasing.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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