document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=8887>Question 8887</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need help on this equation:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=[x+3]-4=\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I need the x-intercepts(the negative and positive).....im stuck at that part..\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #4846 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><B>rapaljer(4671)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=rapaljer><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=4846\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> After I solved the following exercise, it occurred to me that you MAY have meant this to be an absolute value problem!!  Did you intentionally use brackets [  ]  in the problem?  Brackets in a math problem do NOT mean absolute value.  Before continuing, let's make sure you MEANT to give me a bracket function.  If you meant absolute value, then IGNORE all of this HARD work that I did trying to solve a BRACKET FUNCTION!!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Bracket function, the greatest integer function!!  What this means is that whatever you get when you substitute a value of x, you round it down to the greatest integer. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y= [x+3] -4 means that <BR>\n" );
document.write( "if x= 0, then y= [0+3] - 4 = 3 - 4 = -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "if x=.5, then y= [.5+3] - 4 = 3 - 4 = -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "if x=1, then y = [1+3] - 4 = 4 - 4 = 0 which is an x-intercept<BR>\n" );
document.write( "if x=1.5, then y = [1.5+3] - 4 = 4 - 4 = 0 which is also an x-intercept<BR>\n" );
document.write( "if x=1.9, then y = [1.9+3] - 4 = 4 - 4 = 0 which is also an x-intercept<BR>\n" );
document.write( "if x=2, then y = [2+3] - 4 = 5 - 4 = 1 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In other words, everything between 1 and 2 including the 1 but NOT including the 2 will be x-intercepts.  This is called the \"unit step function.  However, this may NOT have been what you were asking!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "R^2 at SCC\r<BR>\n" );
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