Question

Can someone help me out with this?

Answer 1

Answer:

• -7.5x -12.5, x < -1
• 7.5x +2.5, x ≥ -1

Step-by-step explanation:

The absolute value function changes slope at its vertex. Here, that vertex is translated to x = -1. To the left of that point, the function is equivalent to one that negates its argument:

  |x| = -x . . . for x < 0

  |x| = x . . . for x ≥ 0

for (x+1) < 0

  y = -7.5(x +1) -5 = -7.5x -12.5

for (x+1) ≥ 0

  y = 7.5(x +1) -5 = 7.5x +2.5

This means we can write the piecewise function as ...

  $y=\begin{cases}-7.5x-12.5,&\text{if }x$