IMathAS-libretexts

a. What is the end behavior of the graph?

as $\displaystyle {x}\to-\infty$ , $\displaystyle {y}\to\infty$ , and as $\displaystyle {x}\to\infty$ , $\displaystyle {y}\to\infty$
as $\displaystyle {x}\to-\infty$ , $\displaystyle {y}\to-\infty$ , and as $\displaystyle {x}\to\infty$ , $\displaystyle {y}\to-\infty$
as $\displaystyle {x}\to-\infty$ , $\displaystyle {y}\to-\infty$ , and as $\displaystyle {x}\to\infty$ , $\displaystyle {y}\to\infty$
as $\displaystyle {x}\to-\infty$ , $\displaystyle {y}\to\infty$ , and as $\displaystyle {x}\to\infty$ , $\displaystyle {y}\to-\infty$

b. Describe whether it represents and odd-degree or an even-degree polynomial.