document.write( "Question 153891: totally lost, I have to sketch a graph and find the vertex, x and y intercept, domain, range and the transformation I'm able to graph on calculator but that's no help to me
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totally lost, I have to sketch a graph and find the vertex, x and y intercept, domain, range and the transformation I'm able to graph on calculator but that's no help to me
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document.write( "I'll do all but the last, which requires shading.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Rule:\r\n" );
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document.write( "To find the vertex of the graph of \"y=A%2Aabs%28Bx%2BC%29%2BD\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "set \"Bx%2BC%7D=0\" and solve for x. That's the x-value of the\r\n" );
document.write( "vertex.  The y-value of the vertex is just D.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Domain is always domain (\"-infinity\",\"infinity\"\r\n" );
document.write( "Range: (D,\"infinity\") if graph opens upward  \r\n" );
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document.write( "Range: (\"-infinity\"),D) if graph opens downward\r\n" );
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document.write( "transformation: \r\n" );
document.write( "\"C%2FB\" units Right if \"C%2FB\" is negative\r\n" );
document.write( "\"C%2FB\" units Left if  \"C%2FB\" is positive\r\n" );
document.write( "\"D\" units Up if \"D\" is positive.\r\n" );
document.write( "\"D\" units Down if \"D\" is negative\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"y=abs%28x%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Consider that as: \r\n" );
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document.write( "\"y=1abs%281x%2B0%29%2B0\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Set \"1x%2B0=0\"\r\n" );
document.write( "    \"x=0\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "That is the x value of the vertex.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The y-value is 0.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the vertex is (0,0)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Get two more points one on each side of the\r\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute \"x=1\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"y=abs%281%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"y=1\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "So 1 point is (1,0)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute \"x=-1\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"y=abs%28-1%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"y=1\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "So another point is (-1,1)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Plot those three points\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now draw a v-shaped graph with the vertex at the bottom:\r\n" );
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document.write( "domain: (\"-infinity\",\"infinity\")\r\n" );
document.write( "range: (\"0\",\"infinity\")\r\n" );
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document.write( "No transformation.\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"y=abs%282x-3%29%2B4\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Set \"2x-3=0\"\r\n" );
document.write( "     \"2x=3\"\r\n" );
document.write( "      \"x=3%2F2\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "That is the x value of the vertex.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The y-value is 4.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the vertex is (\"3%2F2\",\"4\")\r\n" );
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document.write( "Get two more points one on each side of the\r\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute \"x=0\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"y=abs%282%280%29-3%29%2B4\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"y=abs%280-3%29%2B4\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"y=abs%28-3%29%2B4\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"y=3%2B4\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"y=7\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "So 1 point is (0,7)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute \"x=3\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"y=abs%282%283%29-3%29%2B4\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"y=abs%286-3%29%2B4\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"y=abs%283%29%2B4\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"y=3%2B4\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"y=7\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "So another point is (3,7)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Plot those three points\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now draw a v-shaped graph with the vertex at the bottom:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"y=abs%282x-3%29%2B4\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "domain: (\"-infinity\",\"infinity\")\r\n" );
document.write( "range: (\"4\",\"infinity\")\r\n" );
document.write( "transformation: \r\n" );
document.write( "\"-3%2F2\" units Right because \"-3%2F2\" is negative\r\n" );
document.write( "\"4\" units Up because \"4\" is positive.\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"y%3C=abs%28x-2%29%2B3\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "First draw  \"y=abs%28x-2%29%2B3\" as above, then shade all\r\n" );
document.write( "the area below the v-shaped graph.\r\n" );
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