The function is increasing when the slope is positive so:
[tex]\text{increasing:(-}\infty,1\rbrack[/tex]The function is decreasing when the slope is negative so:
[tex]\text{decreasing:\lbrack{}1,}\infty)[/tex]and the range are the posible values of y so in this case is:
[tex]\text{range:}(-\infty,2\rbrack[/tex]