document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1170988>Question 1170988</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> f(x)=|x| can you vertical stretch it by a factor of 4  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=vertical ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"vertical\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > stretch/compression\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=abs%28a%29%3E+1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"abs%28a%29%3E+1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > -> stretches<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a+%3C+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a+%3C+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > flips the graph upside down\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, we must find the new equation of the vertical stretch of a factor of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > such that the new equation yields, \r<BR>\n" );
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