The function is
.
Intercept:
\To find the
-intercept substitute
in the function.


.
Hence the
-intercept is
.
To find the
-intercept, substitute
in the function.

The
-intercept is
.
Find the extrema for
.
Differentiate on each side with respect to
.
.

.
To find the critical numbers, equate
to
.
.
.
The critical number is
.
Relative extrema points exist at critical numbers.
\The test intervals are
and
.

Perform first derivative test to identify the nature of the extrema.
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No relative extrema point.
\Find the points of inflection.
\The first derivative of
is
.
Differentiate on each side with respect to
.
.

The second derivative of
is
.
Equate
to
.
.

The inflection points occurs at
.
Substitute
in the function.

.
The inflection points occurs at
and
.
Find asymptote of function
.
To find horizontal asymptote
.
.
.
There is no horizontal asymptote.
\To find vertical asymptote,denominator of the function is equated to zero.
\The function is defined for all values of
.
There is no vertical asymptote.
\Graph :
\Graph the function
.
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Observe the graph ,
\The intercepts are
and
.
No relative extrema point.
\The inflection points occurs at
.
There is no horizontal and vertical asymptote.
\Graph the function
.
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