document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1144137>Question 1144137</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What kind of graph has these pairs: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(-5,-9) (-4,-6) (-3,-3) (-2,0) (-1,-3) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The first four pairs lie on a straight line with slope 3.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The last two pairs lie on a straight line with a slope of -3.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the slope of the graph changes sign at the fourth pair, (-2,0).<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the five points can be on the graph of a function involving absolute values.  Specifically, with the slope changing from +3 to -3 at (-2,0),<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A graph, containing the points (-5,-9), (-4,-6), (-3,-3), (-2,0), and (-1,-3)...<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=graph%28400%2C400%2C-6%2C2%2C-10%2C2%2C-3abs%28x%2B2%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"graph%28400%2C400%2C-6%2C2%2C-10%2C2%2C-3abs%28x%2B2%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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