document.write( "Question 1163602: f(x) = 2[x-1] +3 and g(x) = -2[x+3] - 1, state the slope and vertex of each
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "What you wrote was two linear equations, but then you mentioned a vertex so you must have meant the brackets ([ and ]) to mean absolute value. Brackets have the same meaning as parentheses, so if you want to be properly understood you need to use absolute value bars. Fortunately, there is a character on your keyboard that produces absolute value bars quite nicely. Look above the Enter key (Return key on a Mac) and find the backslash button. Press Shift-Backslash and you get |.\r
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, the slope to the right of the vertex is

, and the vertex is a

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is the same thing as

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