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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If the absolute value equation is: y= -[x]+3, would i move go to the right or left?? would it be the same for y=-[x+3]??? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y=-|x|+3  would be shifted up three units because the 3 is outside of the absolute value:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is y=-|x|<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is y=-|x|+3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "would it be the same for y=-[x+3]???<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Because the +3 is on the inside of the absolute value it gets a horizontal shift 3 units left.  Note that this is in the opposite direction that you might think it would go.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is y=-|x+3|<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Happy Calculating!!! </SPAN>\n" );
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