CAIE P1 2020 March — Question 1

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleP1 (Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2020
SessionMarch
TopicDifferentiation Applications
TypeIncreasing/decreasing intervals

1 The function f is defined by \(\mathrm { f } ( x ) = \frac { 1 } { 3 x + 2 } + x ^ { 2 }\) for \(x < - 1\).
Determine whether f is an increasing function, a decreasing function or neither.