Answer: B) increasing for x < -4/3 and x > 4/3
decreasing for -4/3 < x < 4/3
<u>Step-by-step explanation:</u>
Graph the equation and follow the curve from left to right. If you are going up, it is increasing. If you are going down, it is decreasing.
Refer to the image below. Red is increasing. Blue is decreasing.
The vertices are at: x = -4/3 and x = 4/3
That's an easy parallelogram, parallel to the x axis. Let's label the points
A(-4,-1),B(-2,4),C(4,4),D(2,-1)
AD and BC are the sides parallel to the x axis. We'll call those the base, it has length 4 - -2 = 6.
The height is the change in y between the bases, so 4 - -1 = 5.
The area is base times height, 6 × 5 = 30
Answer: 30
The shoelace formula gives us the area of a polygon from 2D coordinates without worrying about the shape:
(-4,-1),(-2,4),(4,4),(2,-1)
(-2,4),(4,4),(2,-1),(-4,-1)
