document.write( "Question 1010469: Graph the piecewise-defined function.
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document.write( "Graph the piecewise defined function:\r\n" );
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document.write( "  x| y\r\n" );
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document.write( " -3| 3  <--use f(x)=|x|\r\n" );
document.write( " -2| 2  <--use f(x)=|x|\r\n" );
document.write( " -1| 1  <--use f(x)=|x|\r\n" );
document.write( "  0| 0  <--use f(x)=|x|\r\n" );
document.write( "0.5| 0.5  <--use f(x)=|x|\r\n" );
document.write( "0.9| 0.9  <--use f(x)=|x|\r\n" );
document.write( "  1|-3  <--use f(x)=x-4 \r\n" );
document.write( "  2|-2  <--use f(x)=x-4\r\n" );
document.write( "  3|-1  <--use f(x)=x-4\r\n" );
document.write( "  4| 0  <--use f(x)=x-4\r\n" );
document.write( "  7| 3  <--use f(x)=x-4\r\n" );
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document.write( "Plot those points and connect them. The function is discontinuous\r\n" );
document.write( "at x=1.  It does not include (1,1) but does include points very\r\n" );
document.write( "near it on the left.  It includes (1,-3) and points right of it \r\n" );
document.write( "but no points very near it on the left.  So we draw an open circle\r\n" );
document.write( "at (1,1) to show that the graph does not include that point. We\r\n" );
document.write( "draw a closed (darkened) circle at (1,-3) to show that the graph\r\n" );
document.write( "does include that point: \r\n" );
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