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Sketching a Graph with Given Concavity:
a. Sketch a graph that is always decreasing but starts out concave down and then changes to concave up. There should be a point of inflection in your picture. Mark and label it.
b. Sketch a graph that is always decreasing but starts out concave up and then changes to concave down. There should be a point of inflection in your picture. Mark and label it.
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- Functions and Change: A Modeling Approach to Coll...AlgebraISBN:9781337111348Author:Bruce Crauder, Benny Evans, Alan NoellPublisher:Cengage Learning