Hye-Seung is giving a speech on turtles, specifically on the need to protect the turtle population in the Pacific Ocean due to rising ocean temperatures. The general purpose of her speech is likely: a. entertain b. inform c. commemorate d. persuade

The general purpose of Hye-Seung's speech is likely to persuade (Option D).

Explanation:

Speeches are given for different purposes but the informative speech is meant to provide information to listeners and the persuasive speech wants to convince the audience to accept a particular point of view or to support a cause. All species of sea turtles are either threatened or endangered so it is likely that Hye-Seung wants people to be more aware of this dilemma so they can pressure their representatives to enact more conservation measures to protect sea turtles more effectively.  

local max is .5

step-by-step explanation:

the local maximum is for x values between 2 and 4

it looks like the x value is 2.5 and the y value is .5