Is h Continuous and Increasing?

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We have a worksheet with practice final questions and I'm really stuck on this one on continuity:

Suppose h: (0,1) -> R has the property that for all x in (0,1), there exists a delta>0 such that for all y in (x, x+delta)\bigcap(0,1), h(x) <= h(y)

a) prove that if h is continuous on (0,1), then h is increasing.
b) Give a counterexample to show that this need not be true if h is not continuous.

Thanks so much for any help you can provide!

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Dick's response is to part (b).

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