SOLUTION: what is the absolute value function of y=-|x|+1 how do i graph it?

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Question 216470: what is the absolute value function of y=-|x|+1 how do i graph it?

Answer by jsmallt9(3758)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are a couple of ways we can graph this.

Solution 1: If you know what the graph of then you can figure out :
Solution 2: Use what you know about absolute value to rewrite as a piecewise function. (This will make more sense when you see it.) What do we know about absolute value? We know that
To put this in algebraic terms:
If then
If then
Now we can use these to rewrite in two ways, one for and another for :
If then
If then
And we can use these to graph . On a graph is on the y-axis and to the right of the y-axis and is to the left of the y-axis. So we graph , which is a simple line (slope = -1, y-intercept = 1) just from the y-axis and to the right. And then, on the same graph, graph , which is also a simple line (slope = 1, y-intercept of 1), just to the left of the y-axis.

Either way we should end up with a graph that looks somewhat like an upside down "v" with the point of the "v" at (0,1).

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