Step 3 of 4 Use the two critical points to divide the real line into three intervals.
(-\infty ,-6),(-6,-5),(-5,\infty )
To determine where
f(x)
is increasing or decreasing, pick an
x
-value in each interval, and identify the sign of
f^(')(x)
. Let's pick
x_(1)=-7
in the first interval,
x_(2)=-5
in the second interval, and
x_(3)=0
in the third interval. Fill in the table below with the appropriate sign. \table[[Interval,
x
-value,Sign of
f^(')(x)