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document.write( "Graph the function.\r
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document.write( "f(x)= 4x+2, if x<-2
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document.write( " x , if -2(less than or equal to sign) x (less than or equal to sign) 3
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document.write( " 3x-1, if x>3
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document.write( "Please help me-I keep getting this wrong on my assignments and tests. Thank You! \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #98264 by jim_thompson5910(35256)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Note: for some reason, some of the following images do not display correctly in Internet Explorer. So I recommend the use of Firefox to see these images.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let's break up this piecewise function into 3 pieces\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Piece # 1: \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let's graph \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now let's only draw the part of the graph that is less than x=-2. In other words, erase everything to the right of x=-2 for the graph \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Piece # 2:\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now let's graph \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now since we have the condition \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Piece #3 \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now let's graph \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now because the corresponding inequality is \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So the graph should look like\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "---------------------------------------\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now let's combine the three graphs and plot them on the same coordinate system\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Graph of \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |