Analyzing Tables Answers

Which table shows a function that is decreasing only over the interval (–1, ∞)?

A 2-column table with 8 rows. The first column is labeled x with entries negative 6, negative 5, negative 4, negative 3, negative 2, negative 1, 0, 1. The second column is labeled f of x with entries 34, 3, negative 10, negative 11, negative 6, negative 1, negative 2, negative 15.

A 2-column table with 8 rows. The first column is labeled x with entries negative 3, negative 2, negative 1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4. The second column is labeled f of x with entries negative 2, 0, 2, 2, 0, negative 8, negative 10, negative 20.

A local maximum of the function f(x) occurs for which x-value?

Which table shows a function that is increasing only over the interval (–2, 1), and nowhere else?

A 2-column table with 9 rows. The first column is labeled x with entries negative 2, negative 1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. The second column is labeled f of x with entries 0, 45, 64, 45, 0, negative 35, 0, 189, 640.

Stefano accidentally dropped his sunglasses off the edge of a canyon as he was looking down. The height, h(t), in meters (as it relates to sea level), of the sunglasses after t seconds, is shown in the table.

A 2-column table with 6 rows. The first column is labeled x with entries negative 2, negative 1, 0, 1, 2, 3. The second column is labeled f of x with entries negative 8, 0, 0, negative 2, 0, 12.

A 2-column table with 7 rows. The first column is labeled x with entries negative 4, negative 3, negative 2, negative 1, 0, 1, 2. The second column is labeled f of x with entries negative 6, negative 4, negative 1, negative 2, negative 5, negative 8, negative 16.

A 2-column table with 6 rows. The first column is labeled x with entries negative 4, negative 3, negative 2, negative 1, 0, 1. The second column is labeled f of x with entries negative 10, 0, 0, negative 4, negative 6, 0.