Question

Can somebody explain this in a basic way and help me graph it??!!

Answer 1

this is how u would graph it

Answer 2

Hello!

To graph this, you will want to create two points based off of the equation. You plug an x-value into the equation, and you put the y-value outcome with it as an ordered pair. You do this twice, giving you two points to connect.

For example, let's plug in an x-value 1, giving us (1,y)

y= 1-3 (We remove the absolute value)

y=-2 (Subtract)

This gives us one point, (1,-2)

Let's try using -2 as another point.

y= 2-3 (Remove absolute value)

y= -1 (Subtract)

This gives us the point (-2,-1)

To graph, you would draw a straight line through the points (1,-2) and (-2,-1). Note you could do this with any x-value and you would get the same line.

I hope this helps!