SOLUTION: Again, thank you in advance for showing me how to breakm this down to graph. I need an example of what to do. The equation I need to graph is f(x)= 2|x+1|-4.

Question 176121This question is from textbook college algebras
: Again, thank you in advance for showing me how to breakm this down to graph. I need an example of what to do. The equation I need to graph is f(x)= 2|x+1|-4. This question is from textbook college algebras

Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Absolute value problems are really two problems in one: A positive and negative one.
Remember that
when
when
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Break up the problem into two parts
1. when
2. when
where the subscripts p and n denote positive and negative.
Simplify 1 and 2,
1. when
1. when
Find values for two points, x=-1 and x=1.

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2. when
2. when
Find values for two points, x=-1 and x=-3.

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Plot the points (1,0),(-1,4),(-3,0) and draw the lines.
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