Question

Which statement best describes the function represented by the graph?

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

You read a graph from left to right, just like you would read words on a page in a book.  At the left-most "side" of this graph, we are way up at positive infinity.  As we move from left to right, the graph begins to drop in y values.  A drop in y values indicates a decreasing graph.  So it's decreasing, we have that part.  As the graph grows up into y values that increase forever, it will also grow in the x direction to negative infinity.  As the graph decreases in y values from left to right, the x values increase into positive infinity.  So your choice is the second one: The function is decreasing on the interval (-∞, ∞).