Science Bowl Question

📅 MIT Science Bowl Invitational 2020🎓 HS🔄 Round 8#️⃣ Question 18 TOSS UP📝 Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about non-degenerate cubic functions with real coefficients is NOT true?

W) a cubic function can never have a global minimum
X) a cubic function always has 1 or 3 different real roots
Y) a cubic function always has an inflection point
Z) a cubic function must always take on a negative value at some input
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