How do you find the end behavior of 9x58x3+4x?

1 Answer
Feb 9, 2017

See below.

Explanation:

The end behaviour of 9x58x3+4x will be determined by the leading (dominant) term 9x5.

Ie for |x|>>0, we have y9x5. The right and left ends of this graph (which is of y=9x5) will, therefore, show how the function operates as x±

graph{9x^5 [-3.796, 3.817, -1.905, 1.904]}

The full function looks like this:

graph{9x^5 - 8x^3 + 4x [-3.796, 3.817, -1.905, 1.904]}