Question #7bc46

1 Answer
Dec 16, 2017

Approaches +oo+.

Explanation:

f(x)=x^4-2f(x)=x42

In this case, the term with the highest degree is the x^4x4. It will completely dominate the function compared to the -22 as xx becomes larger.

It will keep on becoming larger and larger fast.

Therefore, it will approach +oo+.

Here is the graph to help you visualise this:
graph{x^4-2 [-10, 10, -5, 5]}

At x=0x=0, it is 0^4-2=-2042=2.
However, at x=2x=2, it is already 2^4-2=14242=14.
By x=4x=4, it is already 4^4-2=252442=252.

It does grow fast!