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Which table shows a function that is increasing only over the interval (–2, 1), and nowhere else?

A 2-column table with 6 rows. The first column is labeled x with entries negative 3, negative 2, negative 1, 0, 1, 2. The second column is labeled f of x with entries negative 6, negative 3, negative 1, 1, 3, 6.

A 2-column table with 6 rows. The first column is labeled x with entries negative 3, negative 2, negative 1, 0, 1, 2. The second column is labeled f of x with entries negative 2, negative 4, negative 1, 1, 4, 3.

A 2-column table with 6 rows. The first column is labeled x with entries negative 3, negative 2, negative 1, 0, 1, 2. The second column is labeled f of x with entries negative 3, negative 5, negative 7, negative 6, 1, negative 1.

A 2-column table with 6 rows. The first column is labeled x with entries negative 3, negative 2, negative 1, 0, 1, 2. The second column is labeled f of x with entries 5, 7, 1, 0, negative 4, negative 2.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The second table.

Reason: f goes -2 → -4 (decrease), then -4 → -1 → 1 → 4 (increases from x = -2 up to x = 1), then 4 → 3 (decrease). So it increases only on (-2,1).