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



The
-intercept are
and
.
To find the
-intercept substitute
in the function.

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


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To find the critical numbers we make
.
.
and
.
The critical numbers are
and
.
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
and
.
The critical numbers is
,
.
Relative extrema points exist at critical numbers.
\Substitute
in the function.

.
Substitute
in the function.

.
Perform second derivative test to identify the nature of the extrema.
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Relative minimum | \
Relative minimum point is
.
Find asymptote of function
.
To find horizontal asymptote
.
.
.

There is no horizontal asymptote
\To find vertical asymptote, denominator of the functionis equates to zero.
\The function is ddefined for all values of
.
There is no vertical asymptote.
\Graph the function
.
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Observe the graph ,
\The intercepts are
,
.
Relative minimum point is
.
The inflection points occurs at
and
.
There is no horizontal and vertical asymptote.
\Graph the function
.
.