SOLUTION: What are the steps to graphing the function y=-2|x-5|and compare the graph of y=|x| I was absent for 3 days and am trying to follow the text book and it is not helping. I've been

Question 231507: What are the steps to graphing the function y=-2|x-5|and compare the graph of y=|x| I was absent for 3 days and am trying to follow the text book and it is not helping. I've been looking at many websites and I am stuck.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the equation was just
, then
,
If , , also
If ,
So, this is just shifted units to the right
plotting:

Now I have to factor in . But first think. If I have
an expression for which equals , and I multiply
that expression by some number greater than zero, what does that do to
? It makes every greater, and that makes the slope
of the line steeper. The minus sign means the function gets
flipped over vertically.
Now I'll plot again and

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