How do you describe the end behavior of $f(x)=2x^2+12x+12$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-10-16T05:46:44

$x rarr ∞, y rarr ∞$ and as $x rarr -∞, y rarr ∞$

Graph $f(x)$ so you can see the shape of it.

graph{2x^2+12x+12 [-12.58, 7.42, -7.4, 2.6]}

We can see that as $x rarr ∞, y rarr ∞$ and as $x rarr -∞, y rarr ∞$

How do you describe the end behavior of f(x)=2x^2+12x+12f(x)=2x^2+12x+12?