Which statement best describes the graph of x3 - 3x2 - 4x 12? it starts down on the left and goes up on the right and intersects the x-axis at x = - 2, 2, and 3. it starts down on the left and goes up on the right and intersects the x-axis at x = - 2, 4, and 3. it starts up on the left and goes down on the right and intersects the x-axis at x = - 2, 2, and 3. it starts up on the left and goes down on the right and intersects the x-axis at x = - 2, 4, and 3.

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Taylor Conley

8 March, 17:56

Which statement best describes the graph of x3 - 3x2 - 4x 12? it starts down on the left and goes up on the right and intersects the x-axis at x = - 2, 2, and 3. it starts down on the left and goes up on the right and intersects the x-axis at x = - 2, 4, and 3. it starts up on the left and goes down on the right and intersects the x-axis at x = - 2, 2, and 3. it starts up on the left and goes down on the right and intersects the x-axis at x = - 2, 4, and 3.

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Bryan Dean · Answer 1

It starts down on the left and goes up on the right and intersects the x-axis at x = - 2, 2, and 3

Because the roots are - 2, 2 and 3 and the function is negative when x is a less than - 2.