SOLUTION: Please help me solve this equation Find the power function that the graph of f resembles for large values of |x|. f(x) = -x^2(x + 4)^3(x^2 - 1)

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Question 1048811: Please help me solve this equation
Find the power function that the graph of f resembles for large values of |x|.
f(x) = -x^2(x + 4)^3(x^2 - 1)

Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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If you were to expand it out, you would get where ... represents functions that grow asymptotically slower than -x^7 (we can also write it as using big O notation).

Therefore for large values of |x|, f(x) is approximately -x^7.