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OpenStudy (anonymous):

f(x)={-3x,x<0} {4,x=0 {x^2,x>0

OpenStudy (mathmale):

Please include the instructions that came with this problem. Why keep helpers guessing?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

f(4)=0 f(3)=9 f(2)=4 f(1)=-3

OpenStudy (anonymous):

give the piecewise function

OpenStudy (mathmale):

Thank you; those are your four answer choices. Which one is correct? And what do the directions ask you to do?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

select all of them that are true

OpenStudy (anonymous):

at lease 2 have 2 be right

OpenStudy (anonymous):

at most 2 correct

OpenStudy (mathmale):

What you have typed in is called a 'piecewise function,' because its definitions change as the variable x increases. f(x)={-3x,x<0} {4,x=0 {x^2,x>0 It'd be clearer were you to present this function as follows: f(x) = {-3x for x<0; 4 for x=0; and x^2 for x>0}.

OpenStudy (mathmale):

Please explain how you arrived at your tentative answers.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so f(1)=-3 is correct thats one of them

OpenStudy (anonymous):

its over the computer

OpenStudy (mathmale):

Looking at the original function definition, determine what value F(x) has if x = 0.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i have the notes i am just cant get it my teacher cant get it either

OpenStudy (anonymous):

f(0)=0

OpenStudy (mathmale):

Please explain how you decided the following: so f(1)=-3 is correct thats one of them

OpenStudy (anonymous):

f(x)=[[x]]

OpenStudy (mathmale):

that's the "greatest integer function." I don't see how that's related to the problem you've posted. What kind of help do you need?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

idk i just need to find out wat ones are true

OpenStudy (mathmale):

The question is HOW? The given function is f(x) = {-3x for x<0; 4 for x=0; and x^2 for x>0}. Show me that you understand what this means. First, what is the value of f(x) if x = 0?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i cant miss anymore or i will fail

OpenStudy (anonymous):

0

OpenStudy (mathmale):

You are guessing at the answers, and that helps neither you nor me. It's vital that you UNDERSTAND how to approach problems and to solve them yourself. Please answer my previous question: "The given function is f(x) = {-3x for x<0; 4 for x=0; and x^2 for x>0}. Show me that you understand what this means. First, what is the value of f(x) if x = 0?"

OpenStudy (anonymous):

idk

OpenStudy (retireed):

This a sketch of the how the piecewise function might look if I did it right. When X = 4, 3, 2 or 1, what is the corresponding Y value equal and does it match any of the choices? f(4)=0 f(3)=9 f(2)=4 f(1)=-3 |dw:1449455578434:dw|

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