Question

What is the graph of the absolute value equation? y=|x-5|-4

Answer 1

hint:

General Form of Absolute Value Equations: y = a|x-h| + k

Answer 2

that dosent make sense?

Answer 3

the -5 and the -4 tell you how to vertically and horizontally shift the graph of y = |x|

Answer 4

in general, starting from y = |x| and going to y = a|x-h| + k means that you shift it left/right by h units and you shift it up/down k units

Answer 5

the chocies that are given to me look like check marks

Answer 6

what does the graph of y = |x| look like?

Answer 7

i honestly dont know

Answer 8

it looks like this

http://library.thinkquest.org/20991/media/alg2_absval.gif

Answer 9

okay i remember doing something like that

Answer 10

that's good

Answer 11

use that base graph and the rules given above to shift it and get the graph of y=|x-5|-4

Answer 12

im not getting the right anwser

Answer 13

you start with that red graph I gave you, then you shift 5 units to the right (since h = 5) and 4 units down (since k = -4)

Answer 14

yeah the chocies that they give me dont match

Answer 15

then you'll have to bring it up with your teacher

Answer 16

alright thanks

Answer 17

yw