Question 222513
Piecewise functions may be "odd" but they are not hard to graph. Your function has two pieces: y = x+4 and y = -x. Both of these pieces are lines. There are a couple of ways to graph this:<ol><li>Graph and erase<ol><li>Graph both lines completely on the same graph.</li><li>Since the line y = x + 4 applies only for x <= -2, erase the part of the line y = x + 4 where x > -2 (i.e. to the right of the vertical line x = -2)</li><li>Since the line y = -x applies only for x > -2, erase the part of the line y = -x where x <= -2 (i.e. to the left of the vertical line x = -2)</li></ol></li><li>Graph without erasing. This just involves knowing ahead of time what part of each line you need and graphing just those parts.</li></ol>
If you do this one correctly, it should look like an upside-down "V".