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Determine the intervals on which the function is increasing and intervals on which the function is decreasing. Check your answers by graphing the corresponding functions.

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Question: Determine the intervals on which the function is increasing and intervals on which the function is decreasing. Check your answers by graphing the corresponding functions. .
1. restricted to .
2. restricted to .
3. restricted to positive .

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Question: Determine the intervals on which the function is increasing and intervals on which the function is decreasing. Check your answers by graphing the corresponding functions. .
Differentiating the function, we get . It is clear that f'(x) is non negative ...

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