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Algebra.Com's Answer #834139 by Edwin McCravy(20062) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "The 3 parts of the graphs are \r\n" );
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document.write( "The first function must approach the same value as the second function as x approaches 0 from the left. So\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore a = 3, so the second function is y=3\r\n" );
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document.write( "Also the third function must approach the same value as the second function as\r\n" );
document.write( "x approaches 0 from the right.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So \r\n" );
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document.write( "Here's the graph of the continuous function:\r\n" );
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