Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 1 - Section 1.1 - Four Ways to Represent a Function - 1.1 Exercises - Page 21: 46

Answer

The standard absolute value graph is shifted 2 units to the left due to $h=-2.$

Work Step by Step

The general form of the absolute value function is $f(x)=a|x-h|+k.$ In this problem, $h=-2,$ $a=1,$ and $k=0.$ Since $h=-2,$ we shift the absolute value graph 2 units to the left.
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