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Precalculus Enhanced with Graphing Utilities

Found in: Page 100

Book edition 6th

Author(s) Sullivan

Pages 1200 pages

ISBN 9780321795465

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Short Answer

The function $f (x) = x^{2}$ is decreasing on the interval _____.

The function $f (x) = x^{2}$ is decreasing on the interval $(- \infty, 0)$ .

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Step 1. Given information

We have been given a statement as: The function $f (x) = x^{2}$ is decreasing on the interval _________.

We have to fill in the blank.

Step 2. Analyze the graph of the given function

The graph of the function $f (x) = x^{2}$ is:

Therefore, the function is decreasing on the interval $(- \infty, 0)$ .

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