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Given information

Given function is   

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

To find the intervals of increase or decrease we first need to find the critical points of the given function. From the Definition, critical points are points where the function is defined and its derivative is zero or undefined. Find the first derivative

                                                                     
                                                                               
                                                                              Chain rule 
                                                                               
 
Find where   is equal to zero or undefined. That is
 
                                       
 
The critical point is   
 
Also, find undefined points of , that is
                                            
                                                             

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