document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1181485>Question 1181485</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The function f(x)=-2(x+2)(x-3)(x-1) is negative for the domain<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. x<-2,1<x<3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. x<0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. x>0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d. -2<x<1,x>3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The function is degree 3 with negative leading coefficient, so the function value is positive for large negative values of x and negative for large positive values of x.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The function has single roots at x=-2, x=1, and x=3; so the sign of the function changes at those values of x.  So the function value is...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "positive on (-infinity, -2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "negative on (-2,1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "positive on (1,3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "negative on (3,infinity)<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER d.<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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