Precalculus · Problem 3.1.36

Polynomial Functions — Stitz & Zeager

Mathematics — Precalculus · polynomial-end-behavior

Problem

Show that the end behavior of a linear function f(x)=mx+bf(x) = mx + b is as it should be according to the results we've established in the section for polynomials of odd degree. (That is, show that the graph of a linear function is ``up on one side and down on the other'' just like the graph of y=anxny = a_n x^n for odd numbers nn.) Remember, to be a linear function, m≠0m \neq 0.

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