Graphing Absolute Value Functions - Algebra 2

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What is the equation of the above function?

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The formula of an absolute value function is where m is the slope, a is the horizontal shift and b is the vertical shift. The slope can be found with any two adjacent integer points, e.g. and , and plugging them into the slope formula, , yielding . The vertical and horizontal shifts are determined by where the crux of the absolute value function is. In this case, at , and those are your a and b, respectively.

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