document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1208067>Question 1208067</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let f(x) be a piecewise function. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Top portion: 2x + 5 if -3 <= x < 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Middle portion: -3 if x = 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Bottom portion: -5x if x > 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A. Find domain and range.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B. Locate intercepts. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C. Is f continuous on its domain?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Tutor Edwin mentioned there is \"no y-intercept at all.\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is not true. The y-intercept is y = -3 since x = 0 maps to this y value. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Refer to the middle piece of the piecewise function. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Visually this is the green island point on his graph represented by the location (0,-3).<BR>\n" );
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