Question

What is the turning point of the graph of f(x) = |x| + 4 ?

Answer 1

(0, 4)
(0, –4)
(4, 0)
(–4, 0)

Answer 2

Mind explaining in your own words what a "turning point" in a graph is?
Also: mind graphing y = |x| as a refresher on what this function does and what its graph looks like?

Answer 3

(-4,0)

Answer 4

thank you

Answer 5

yurigirl: Please explain how you concluded that (-4,0) is the appropriate answer choice. It'd not be mine.

Answer 6

what would be yours

Answer 7

. I'm more interested (at this point) in knowing how you arrived at your result. This reasoning is important.

Answer 8

well if the +4 is out of the lxl then it goes up four which now i realize i said the wrong answer (0,4)

Answer 9

im so confused

Answer 10

it's the graph of |x| shifted up 4 units

I know that

x turns at 0,0 if you shift it up 4 then 0,4

Answer 11

so the answer is (0,4)

Answer 12

commit lxl to memory :)

Answer 13

yes im sorry for my first answer it was a mistake

Answer 14

Graphing f(x) = |x| + 4 may be easier to understand if we start out by graphing the simpler function f(x) = |x|. jjuden: Have you graphed this f(x) = |x| before? If so, please do that now, using the Draw utility (below), if possible.

Answer 15

ok thank you guys so much i cant give you all metals can u give them to each other :)
@timo86m i finally understand it

Answer 16

I'd really like to see some closure here. To graph y = |x| + 4,
graph y = |x| first, and then move the entire graph 4 units upward. I urge you to do this now for the practice.