Mistake Master
Mistake Master · AP Precalculus · Unit 1 · Step-Through Animation
Turns, Ends, and the Bend
You'll learnto read a polynomial's landmarks: where it crosses, where it turns, and where it changes its bend.
A polynomial graph can do three different things worth naming: meet the axis, turn around, or flip the way it bends. Two zeros force a turn between them, the degree decides whether any turn is the highest or lowest point anywhere, and the bend can flip where nothing turns at all. Eleven short steps; press Next for each one.
local ranks a neighborhood; global ranks the whole domain
Before you start
What you're looking at
A polynomial graph with its zeros, its turning points and its inflection marked, and a legend naming each one.
The question
At each marked spot, is the graph crossing, turning, or flipping its bend?