Question

How do you graph `y = 1 + |x-1|`?

Answer 1

This is the combined equation for

`y=1+x-1=x`, for `x>=1` and

`y=1-(x-1)=-x+2`, for `x<=1`

So, the the graph is the pair of perpendicular straight lines

`y=x and y=-x+2`, meeting at (1, 1). y=1 bisects the pair.