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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please explain what a piecewise function is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " f(x) = {x - 1, if x < -2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "        {x2, if -2 &#8804; x &#8804; 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "        {1, if x > 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "f(x) = {x - 1, if x < -2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "{x2, if -2 &#8804; x &#8804; 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "{1, if x > 1 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "IF A FUNCTION IS DEFINED AS GIVEN ABOVE ..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "THAT IS THE DOMAIN ( VALUES OF X)  IS SPLIT AND Y IS<BR>\n" );
document.write( " DEFINED DIFFERENTLY FOR DIFFERENT INTERVALS OF DOMAIN WE SAY<BR>\n" );
document.write( "THE FUNCTION IS DEFINED PIECE WISE.HERE <BR>\n" );
document.write( "IF X< -2 , WE SHOULD USE THE FORMULA X-1 TO GET F(X)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "THIS FORMULA DOES NOT HOLD AND WE HAVE TO USE X^2 IF X LIES <BR>\n" );
document.write( "BETWEEN -2 AND 1 INCLUDING -2 AND 1....ETC </SPAN>\n" );
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