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Which of the following best describes this statement?

Cubic functions have 2 intervals of increase and one interval of decrease.

Sometimes true
Always true
Never true

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Answer:

Sometimes true.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's grab the easiest cubic [tex]y=x^3[/tex]

It is easy to spot that it's always growing over its domain.

For the statement to be true the cubic need to be in the form

[tex]y= \frac 13 ax^3 +\frac12bx^2+cx + d[/tex] and [tex]a>0[/tex] and [tex]b^2-4ac >0[/tex]

Proof is trivial and it's left as an exercise to the reader. No, I'm joking. A cubic function has a quadratic derivative. You know that the sign of the first derivative determine the increase/decrease of the function, depending on sign. In order to be split the way you want it has to have two separate root and a positive leading coefficient.