6.

2 - GRAPHING
POLYNOMIAL
FUNCTIONS
 WARM UP
SPIRAL REVIEW
 CUBIC FUNCTIONS
• Graph on your graphing calculator.
• Write the function and sketch a graph in your notebook.
• Describe the end behavior of the function.
• As x approaches negative infinity, which direction do the y-values go?
• As , ?
• As x approaches positive infinity, which direction do the y-values go?
• As , ?
 GRAPHING CUBICS IN INTERCEPT FORM
• Graph on your graphing calculator.
• Write the function and sketch the graph in your notebook.
• What are the x-intercepts of the graph?
• How do these relate to the function?
• What is the end behavior?
• As , ?
• As , ?
 GRAPHING CUBICS IN INTERCEPT FORM

• Graph on your graphing calculator.

• Write the function and sketch the graph in your notebook.
• How is this graph different than the previous one?
• Did the x-intercepts change?
• Did the end behavior change?
• As , ?
• As , ?
 EXAMPLE 1

• Without your calculator, sketch the graph of

 EXAMPLE 2

• Without your calculator, sketch the graph of

HIGHER POWER POLYNOMIALS
• Graph each parent function on a calculator.
• Discuss with your table partner the patterns you
see.
• Generalize a rule about the graphs of polynomial
functions.
 POLYNOMIAL FUNCTIONS

• If the highest power of the polynomial is even, the function is increasing at both ends,
or decreasing at both ends.
 POLYNOMIAL FUNCTIONS
• If the highest power of the polynomial is odd, the function is increasing at one end and
decreasing at the other end.
 GRAPH POLYNOMIAL FUNCTIONS IN
FACTORED FORM
1. Plot the intercepts
2. Determine the end behavior by the highest power of x.
3. Sketch the function.
 EXAMPLE 3

• Sketch a graph of
1. The x-intercepts are at
2. This is a 4th degree polynomial and is positive so both ends go to positive infinity.
 EXAMPLE 4

• Graph
• The x-intercepts are -3, -2, -1, 1 and 2
• This is a 5th degree polynomial and is negative. So the left end will go to positive
infinity and the right end will go to negative infinity.
 INVESTIGATE

• Use your calculator to look at the graphs of

these functions.
 INVESTIGATE

• Use your calculator to look at the graphs of

these functions.
REPEATED FACTORS