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Algebra.Com's Answer #184046 by jim_thompson5910(35256) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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If you plot $\"y=abs%282x-3%29-5\"$ , you get:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "From the graph, we see that the lowest point is (1.5,-5). So the smallest value in the range is -5 (since this is the smallest y value that is on the graph). \r
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