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Intervals are not my strongest suit when it comes to prepping for my act. I could use a little help, and advice if it isn’t too much? Thank you for taking your time to help fellow students.

Intervals are not my strongest suit when it comes to prepping for my act. I could-example-1
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Answer:

F. (-4, oo)

Explanation:

Start from the left side.

The arrow on the left side shows that the graph continues increasing forever as x decreases. Beginning at the highest value of y you see on the left side at point (-6, 5), as x increases, moving right along the x-axis, the y-values decrease. When you get to x = -4, y is at its lowest value which is 1.

Starting just to the right of x = -4, the y-values begin to increase from the lowest y-value of 1. The arrowhead at the right side top shows that the curve continues increasing forever to infinity.

The values of x for which y increases are all values greater than -4 and all the way to positive infinity.

This function is increasing for x > -4.

Now we need to write x > -4 in interval notation.

In interval notation, use a curved parenthesis to mean a number that is not included. The interval starts at -4, so it starts as

(-4

Then you write a comma to separate from the value where the interval ends.

(-4,

The interval in x of increasing values goes to positive infinity, so now you write the infinity symbol, and you close the interval with a curved parenthesis. By convention, infinity always gets a curved parenthesis. Also, I'll use oo for infinity below.

(-4, oo)

Answer: F. (-4, oo)

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