document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1071921>Question 1071921</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> graph the equation \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "f(x) = |x+7|-12\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. Determine the vertex of this graph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. Does this graph open upward or downward?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. Determine the domain of this function.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d. Determine the range of this function.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "e. Determine the x-values for which the function is increasing.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f. Determine the x-values for which the function is decreasing.\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 #686830 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39621)</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=686830\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Critical value at <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=-7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=-7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x less than negative 7,<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x greater or equal to negative 7,<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "f decreases for x less than negative 7.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f increases for x greater than negative 7.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Range:  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=f%3E=-12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"f%3E=-12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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