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Answer:
2
Step-by-step explanation:
The curve's highest value is -1.
The curve's lowest value is -5.
For a symmetrical wave like this*, the amplitude is half the difference between the highest and lowest values:
1/2(-1 -(-5)) = 2
The amplitude is 2.
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* There is no general agreement as to how to compute the amplitude when the wave is asymmetrical. Some authors use the same formula. Some consider the amplitude to be the maximum deviation from average. Some define only a "peak-to-peak" amplitude in those cases. The meaning of "amplitude" in those cases depends on the context in which the question is asked.
Answer:
- domain (-∞, ∞)
- range (-∞, 4]
- increasing (-∞, 0)
- decreasing (0, ∞)
- constant (only at x=0, not on any interval)
Step-by-step explanation:
The graph is of the equation y = -x^2 +4. It is a polynomial of even degree, so has a domain of all real numbers: (-∞, ∞).
The vertical extent of the graph includes y=4 and all numbers less than that:
range: (-∞, 4]
The graph is increasing to the left of its vertex at x=0, decreasing to the right.
increasing (-∞, 0); decreasing (0, ∞)
There is no interval on which the function is constant. It has a horizontal tangent at x=0, but a single point does not constitute an interval.
