Question

How can you sketch the graph of y = |x + 1|?

Answer 1

I thought the answer was translate the graph of y = |x| right one unit because it's positive, but that wasn't the answer ://

Answer 2

Is that absolute value?

Answer 3

Yes

Answer 4

It's actually translated to the left one unit instead of the right.

Answer 5

Oh, thank you. But why the left?

Answer 6

What number does x need to be for y=0?

Answer 7

y=|-1+1|
y=0
(-1,0)

Answer 8

How'd you get that?

Answer 9

like the -1 instead of x

Answer 10

x is the input for a graph
we want to find the output of 0 which is where the x-axis will be.
The only number that will make y=0 is -1 because |-1+1|=0.

Answer 11

Oh, duhhhh Lol. Thank you! (: