Solution

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For , the denominator is positive, so the function graph has the same sign as . Its crossings of the horizontal axis are
Each crossing is genuine because the derivative there is . Near zero, , so ; the origin is excluded and is not a crossing. The oscillations alternate sign and decay towards zero as , with absolute value at most .
Figure 1.
The positive-axis graph in Question 7, with its crossings at positive integer multiples of
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