How do you go about graphing piecewise functions?
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How do you go about graphing piecewise functions? 
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anonymous · Answer

so each one tells you where to plot the points, its like graphing a regular graph, so when x<0 you will graph -x-3

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

that would be the top one

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

would be the second one

jdoe0001 · Answer

for x < 0 you use -x-3, that is between $(-\infty, 0)$
for x =0 you use 5,   that is at 0
for x > 0  you use $ x^2$    that is between $(0, +\infty)$

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

and that would be the third one, together they form the piece wise function's graph

anonymous · Answer

That makes sense, thank you so much!

anonymous · Answer

youre welcome, do you get how i got to the graph that i did?

anonymous · Answer

Yes, I just wasn't sure how to show that x was greater, less than, or equal to 0 on a graph, but what you drew seems pretty straight forward.

anonymous · Answer

ok, good(: