document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=288166>Question 288166</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am struggling with this and don't understand this at all, I am needing some help.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Graph the piecewise continuous function  f(x)= {x,-2< x <1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                                                x^2+1, x > 1  (this should be a equals or greater than symbol, but I can't type that on my keyboard.)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Holly<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                                                 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "f(x)= x,  when -2< x <1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I'll describe what this means.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Draw a mark at x=-2 and at x = 1 on the x-axis.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Graph the line y = x for the values -2 < x < 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "When x = -2, put a point at (-2,-2) and put a circle around it.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What x = 1, put a point at (1,1) and put a circle around it.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Draw a line segment joining those two circles.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That is one piece of the graph.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "f(x) = x^2+1, when x > 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Draw a mark at x = 1 on the x-axis.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Graph the curve y = x^2+1 for the values x>1.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "When x = 1, put a point at (1,2) and put a circle around it.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "when x = 2, put a point at (2,5) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "When x = 3, put a point at (3,10)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "when x = 4, put a point at (4,17)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "....<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Draw the curve thru those points and continue it upward to the right.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That is the final piece of the graph.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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