Homework Help: Math

Posted by Lauren on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 10:35am.

if a polynomial function is of degree n, then the graph will have n-1 relative maximum and minimum points.
Is this: Always True, Sometimes True, or Never True?
It's really confusing me.

Math - drwls, Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 10:46am
It is sometimes true. n-1 would be the SUM of the number of relative maxima and minima. It cannot be higher than n-1.

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