document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=117458>Question 117458</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Is this answer true or false?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The graph of y = |x|always has a slpoe of 1? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #85462 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><B>bucky(2189)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=85462\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The answer is false. The graph of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y+=+abs%28x%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y+=+abs%28x%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is shaped like the letter \"V\" as shown by this graph.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "On the left side of the y-axis the slope of the graph is -1 ... a negative slope because the graph is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "going down as you go to the right along the x-axis.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You need to convince yourself that the graph shown above is the graph of the absolute value<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of x. Do this by selecting negative values and positive values of x and seeing if they give<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you values of y that match the graph. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps you to understand the problem and how to view it so you can come up with the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "answer to the question ... and to recognize that the answer is false.<BR>\n" );
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