The function is ,
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Find the critical numbers by applying derivative.
\Equate it to zero .
\For .
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For .
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Therefore the critical numbers are and
in the interval
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Therefore the function have only one test interval .
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Decreasing | \
The function is decreasing on the entire interval
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The function is decreasing on the entire interval
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