You Are Given the Graph of the Derivative $f ^ { \prime }$

question 3

Short Answer

You are given the graph of the derivative $f ^ { \prime }$ of a function $f$ .
(a) Determine the intervals on which $f$ is increasing or decreasing.
(b) Find the $x$ -coordinate of the relative maxima and relative minima of $f$ .

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