How to sketch the graph of this function without calculator?

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$$f(x)=\cos x+\frac{1}{2}\cos2x$$

How to draw the graph of it?

If I apply the double angle identity to the function, it turns into $f(x)=\cos x+\frac{2\cos^2x-1}{2}$

It is still hard to sketch. Then how to do it?

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As B Goddard stated, you'll discover that the stationary (critical) points of $f'(x) = -(\sin x + \sin 2x).$ You might have to expand $\sin 2x$ to get an equation that you can set equal to zero.

For the inflection points, $f''(x) = -(\cos x + 2 \cos 2x)$, and again, you'll need to expand $\cos 2x$ to get an equation to set equal to zero; if you do so, you will have a quadratic in $x$ but the roots are very messy.