SOLUTION: Draw the graph of a function that decreases over the interval (-5, -2) and increases over the interval (-2, 4). (All I'm given is intervals)

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Question 1143049: Draw the graph of a function that decreases over the interval (-5, -2) and increases over the interval (-2, 4). (All I'm given is intervals)
Found 3 solutions by Alan3354, josgarithmetic, greenestamps:
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source):
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Draw the graph of a function that decreases over the interval (-5, -2) and increases over the interval (-2, 4). (All I'm given is intervals)
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(-5,-2) is a point, not an interval.
Same for (-2,4).

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source):
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You choose the functions you want as long as each is decreasing in the first given interval and increasing in the second given interval. Your input variable does not include x at -2.

Answer by greenestamps(13198)   (Show Source):
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Despite what the other tutor (?) says, (-5, -2) and (-2, 4) are perfectly good intervals....

All you need is any continuous graph which, as you "walk" along the graph from x=-5 to x=-2, always has you walking "downhill", and which, as you walk along the graph from x=-2 to x=4 always has you walking "uphill".

Absolute value functions and parabolas are two common types of functions that can meet those requirements.

(1) is downhill from x=-5 to x=-2 and uphill from x=-2 to x=4:

(2) is also downhill from x=-5 to x=-2 and uphill from x=-2 to x=4:

And of course there are an infinite number of other functions that satisfy the requirements.