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Find the intervals in which f(x) = x² − 4x + 7 is increasing or decreasing.
Solve 2x − 4 = 0 and test one value on each side.
Show that f(x) = 3x + 17 is increasing on R.
The derivative of a linear function is a constant.
If f′(x) = (x − 3)(x + 1), on which interval is f decreasing?
Find the interval where exactly one factor is negative.
Which of these functions is increasing on the whole real line?
Look for a derivative that can never be negative.
Find the least value of a such that f(x) = x² + ax + 1 is increasing on the interval (1, 2).
Find the smallest value that 2x takes near the left end of the interval.
Find the intervals in which f(x) = sin x − cos x, 0 ≤ x ≤ 2π, is increasing or decreasing.
Solve cos x + sin x = 0 by dividing by cos x, and remember that tan x is negative in the second and fourth quadrants.
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