Question

decribe the translation y=|x+8|-2

Answer 1

The function is an absolute value function which means it would like like a "V" shape. +8 means the function would move 8 units to the left of the x-axis (8 units left horizontal), then -2 would mean 2 units down (2 units down vertical).

Simply put,
it would be y = |x|, 8 units left, 2 units down.