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BEHAVIOR OF THE
GRAPH OF POLYNOMIAL FUNCTIONS THE LEADING COEFFICIENT TEST Is a test that uses the leading term of the polynomial function to determine the right-hand and the left-hand behaviors of the THE RIGHT-HAND AND THE LEFT-HAND BEHAVIOR OF THE GRAPH THE CARTESIAN PLANE y (0,48) Left-hand behavior of the graph
(-4,0) (2,0) (6,0)
x -6 -2
right-hand behavior of the graph
𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 THE LEADING TERM 𝒚 =( 𝒙 −𝟔 ) ( 𝒙 + 𝟒)( 𝒙 − 𝟐) 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 What is the leading term? 𝟑 ( 𝒙 )( 𝒙 ) ( 𝒙)=𝒙 What is the sign of the leading term? 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 What is the degree of the leading term? 𝒐𝒅𝒅 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝟐 𝒚 =− 𝟑 𝒙 + 𝟒 𝐱 − 𝟐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 What is the leading term? 𝟐 −𝟑 𝒙 What is the sign of the leading term? 𝒏𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 What is the degree of the leading term? 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 : The sign of the leading term. 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 The degree of the leading term. 𝒐𝒅𝒅 𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 : The sign of the leading term. 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 The degree of the leading term. 𝒐𝒅𝒅 𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 END- BEHAVIOR CASE 1
Falling-rising
Positive-odd CASE 2
Rising-falling
negative-odd CASE 3
Rising-rising
positive-even CASE 4
falling-falling
negative-even THE LEADING COEFFICIENT TEST GIVE THE POSSIBLE DIRECTION/BEHAVIOR OF THE GRAPH OF THE FOLLOWING POLYNOMIAL FUNCTIONS.. 1.
