document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1143047>Question 1143047</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi! I have no idea where to start with this problem. I drew the points, but can someone help me with steps to take? Is it a piecewise function??<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"Draw the graph of a function that decreases over the interval (-5, -2) and increases over the interval (-2, 4)\". </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You say you drew \"the points\".  Are you reading (-5,-2) and (-2,4) as points in the plane?  They are not points; they are intervals.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The problem simply asks you to draw a graph which as you walk along the graph left to right from x=-5 to x=-2 (\"over the interval (-5,-2)\") has you always walking downhill (function value decreasing), and which as you walk along the graph left to right from x=-2 to x=4 has you always walking uphill (function value increasing). </SPAN>\n" );
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