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Calculus meets Functions

Curvy cubics
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Cubic curves

What gives a cubic curve its curves?

Below are four cubic curves.

Can you form an equation for each?

What does the curve tell you about the properties of the cubic polynomial?

plot of 4 cubic curves coloured red, black, blue and orange, intersecting the x axis in 1, 2 or 3 points.