It was accident that I stumbled upon this
PDF file discussing point symmetry in cubic polynomials. I had been looking for information about sketching cubic polynomials that could help a student I am currently tutoring in Mathematics. I've extracted the key observation in the screen shot below:
Here is an annotated graph that I produced in GeoGebra illustrating the point of symmetry for a specific cubic polynomial: f(x)=x3−3x2+2x−1
A translation of the graph (-1, 1) to (0, 0) makes the graph symmetry about the origin and an odd function. The new equation is calculated as follows: f(x)−1=(x+1)3−3(x+1)2+2(x+1)−1 and f(x)=x(x+1)(x−1) or f(x)=x(x2−1).
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