How do you graph #y = | -3x+5 |#?

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Answer 1 · 2017-12-08T22:46:48

See below.

We need to graph to lines.

#y=-3x+5# and #y=3x-5#

We need to find the x axis intercept of these. Which is:

#5/3#

Since we can only have positive y values, we need to graph these piecewise.

For #color(white)(88)x>=5/3->3x-5#

For #color(white)(88)x<=5/3->-3x+5#

Graph:

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