document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=938020>Question 938020</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> refer to the following graph of a function f.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(A) Find f(-2) to the nearest integer.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(B) Find all values of x, to the nearest integer, so that f(x) = -4. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #571359 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39630)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=571359\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Read the points directly from the graph. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(A)  You can find x=-2 on the x-axis.  What is the function value at that x value?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(B)  You can find y=-4 on the y-axis.  What are the x values which give or show this value for y, on the graph?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "STILL MORE  HELP WANTED\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The x-axis is the horizontal number line.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The y-axis is the vertical number line.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The function values correspond to the distance above or below the x axis for each value of x.  f(x) means the value of the function or the y value, corresponding to the value of x.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The comments about (A) and (B) shown earlier are exactly what to do in order to answer the corresponding questions.  This just cannot be made any simpler.  I could directly tell you the answers to both, but the answers mean nothing if you do not understand ordered pairs and the idea of a function and its input.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Here is just an example, so you can follow it and compare to your questions.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For which values of x does f(x)=3?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER:  At x=-1 and x=-5. </SPAN>\n" );
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