Question

Given the function f(x) = 8x3 − 3x2 − 5x + 8, what part of the function indicates that the left and right ends point in opposite directions?

Answer 1

First consider the term of highest degree, that is the First term in standard form so now

the term of highest degree in

f(x) is 8x³

So which is of odd degree with positive leading coefficient

∙so as. X-->- ∞ f,(x) ---> -∞

Still the same

X--> ∞ f,(x) ---> +∞

And the graph will be as below after substituting

graph{8x^3-3x^2-5x+8 [-20, 20, -10, 10]}