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Describe the intervals of increase/decrease for the quadratic function graphed below.

y=-(x-2)^2 +4

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The quadratic function is increasing from Response area to Response area, and it is decreasing from Response area to Response area.

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Answered by GPT-4o mini
To analyze the intervals of increase and decrease for the quadratic function \( y = -(x-2)^2 + 4 \):

1. **Identify the vertex**: The function is in vertex form \( y = a(x-h)^2 + k \). Here:
- \( h = 2 \)
- \( k = 4 \)
- The vertex is at the point \( (2, 4) \).

2. **Determine the direction of the parabola**: Since the coefficient of the squared term (which is -1) is negative, the parabola opens downwards.

3. **Determine intervals**:
- The function is **increasing** to the left of the vertex, from \( -\infty \) up to \( 2 \).
- The function is **decreasing** to the right of the vertex, from \( 2 \) to \( +\infty \).

Now we can fill in the responses:

1. The quadratic function is increasing from **\(-\infty\)** to **2**.
2. The quadratic function is decreasing from **2** to **\(+\infty\)**.

So the complete answer would be:
- The quadratic function is increasing from **\(-\infty\)** to **2**, and it is decreasing from **2** to **\(+\infty\)**.

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