Given the function f (x) = - |x+5| + 12 on your graphing calculator, what is the most appropriate viewing window to see the graph?

a.) Xmin: - 10, Xmax: 10

Ymin: - 10, Ymax: 10

b.) Xmin: - 20, Xmax: 20

Ymin: - 20, Ymax: 20

c.) Xmin: - 5, Xmax: 5

Ymin: - 20, Ymax: 20

d.) Xmin: - 10, Xmax: 10

Ymin: - 5, Ymax: 5

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Nickolas Bender

29 March, 11:14

Given the function f (x) = - |x+5| + 12 on your graphing calculator, what is the most appropriate viewing window to see the graph?

a.) Xmin: - 10, Xmax: 10

Ymin: - 10, Ymax: 10

b.) Xmin: - 20, Xmax: 20

Ymin: - 20, Ymax: 20

c.) Xmin: - 5, Xmax: 5

Ymin: - 20, Ymax: 20

d.) Xmin: - 10, Xmax: 10

Ymin: - 5, Ymax: 5

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Camila Malone · Answer 1

B) would be the most appropriate viewing window.

The graph of this function is shifted up 12 units from the parent graph; thus we need our y-value to go up past 10. This eliminates a and d.

The graph is also shifted to the right 5 units. This means we need to go past 5 on the x-axis to see the entire graph. This eliminates choice c, leaving us with b.