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2-3 Skills Practice

Extrema and End Behavior
Describe the end behavior of the graph of each function.

1. 2. 3.

as x → +∞, f(x) → +∞; as x → +∞, f(x) → −∞; as x → +∞, f(x) → −∞;

as x → −∞, f(x) → −∞ as x → −∞, f(x) → −∞ as x → −∞, f(x) → +∞

The tables and graphs below are of functions with extrema. Estimate the zeros. Then estimate the x-coordinates at
which relative maxima and/or minima occur.

4. 5.
x f(x) x f(x)
–3 –7 –1 –3
–2 –2 0 2
–1 –3 1 1
0 2 2 6
1 25 3 29

zero between −1 and 0; zero between −1 and 0;

6.rel. max. at x = −2, rel. min. at x = −1 7. rel. max. at x = 0, rel. min. at x = 1
x f(x) x f(x)

–3 61 –3 8.5
–2 6 –2 –4
–1 –3 –1 0.5
0 –2 0 4
1 –3 1 0.5
2 6 2 –4
3 61 3 8.5

zeros between −2 and −1, and 1 and 2; zeros between −3 and −2, −2 and −1,
rel. max. at x = 0, rel. min. at x = −1 and x = 1 1 and 2, and 2 and 3; rel. max. at x = 0,
rel. min. at x = −2 and x = 2
Chapter 2 19 Glencoe Algebra 2