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Question: look at the graph below.
Where is the function decreasing?

100 POINTS!!!!! Help Please I am begging you! Question: look at the graph below. Where-example-1
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Answer: The function is decreasing on the intervals (-∞,-2]U(-1,∞)

Explanation:

You can see on the graph that the first part of the function is downward sloping from negative infinity until it's local minimum at (-2,1), and then goes up until the point (-1,2), where it drops to a new line segment that starts with a hole. I used parentheses for negative and positive infinity, as they are not defined numbers and thus cannot be exact. I also used parentheses for -1 has the part at -1 where it is decreasing is a hole, and is thus not actually decreasing at -1 but everywhere after -1.

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