document.write( "Question 4626: how would you graph |x+1|=y? what does the | | mean? \n" ); document.write( "
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Those marks indicate it is an \"absolute value\", and an absolute value graph is \"V\" shaped\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Absolute value is a positive number always. (The distance from zero to the number)\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Example:
\n" ); document.write( "}3|=3
\n" ); document.write( "|-3|=3\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "To plot any graph, you can always pick x coordinates and create a table of points to plot.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In your question,
\n" ); document.write( "|x+1|=y,\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "We can pick the values of
\n" ); document.write( "-2,-1 and 1 to solve for y:
\n" ); document.write( "|-2+1|=1
\n" ); document.write( "|-1+1|=0
\n" ); document.write( "|1+1|=2\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Plot three points:
\n" ); document.write( "(-2,1)
\n" ); document.write( "(-1,0)
\n" ); document.write( "(1,2)
\n" ); document.write( "and extend your lines. \n" ); document.write( "
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