End Behaviour from the equation!

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Originally Posted by kp11

Hey all,

Im having difficulty with my advanced functions homework. One question states:

"Describe the end behaviour of the graph from the equation:
f(x)=(x-4)(x+3)(2x-1)"

I have no clue how to find the end behaviour from just the equation, although i do know how to find it from a drawn graph. Please help!!!(Smirk)(Smirk)

f(x) is a cubic function with a positive leading coefficient ... for such a cubic function, the end behavior is ...
as $x \to \infty$ , f(x) becomes a very large (+) value and as $x \to \infty$ , f(x) becomes a very large (-) value.

it's just a matter of knowing the general end behavior of odd degree polynomial functions.