CCGPS AG 5.5.1 Example 2

Author:: Walch Education, GeoGebra Materials Team

A function has a minimum value of

and

-intercepts of

and

. What is the value of

that minimizes the function? For what values of

is the function increasing? Decreasing?

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Determine the -value that minimizes the function.
Determine when the function is increasing and decreasing.