Monday, September 6, 2010

Graphing y=a|x-h|+k


y = a|x - h| + k
Although most books won't call the point (h,k) the vertex (as in quadratics) but it will either be a maximum or minimum value for the absolute value function.
If a > 0 , then (h,k) is the lowest point of the graph.  (opens upward)
If a < 0 , then (h,k) is the highest point of the graph.  (opens downward)

2 comments:

  1. Erase all that white space (area with nothing in it) and format it so it can be read!

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  2. When I tried to do that it wouldn't let me.

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