SOLUTION: Hi! I have no idea where to start with this problem. I drew the points, but can someone help me with steps to take? Is it a piecewise function?? "Draw the graph of a function that

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Question 1143047: Hi! I have no idea where to start with this problem. I drew the points, but can someone help me with steps to take? Is it a piecewise function??
"Draw the graph of a function that decreases over the interval (-5, -2) and increases over the interval (-2, 4)".
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, greenestamps:
Answer by ikleyn(52914) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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How many points did you draw ?



Answer by greenestamps(13215) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


You say you drew "the points". Are you reading (-5,-2) and (-2,4) as points in the plane? They are not points; they are intervals.

The problem simply asks you to draw a graph which as you walk along the graph left to right from x=-5 to x=-2 ("over the interval (-5,-2)") has you always walking downhill (function value decreasing), and which as you walk along the graph left to right from x=-2 to x=4 has you always walking uphill (function value increasing).