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Which of the following describes how to translate the graph y = |x| to obtain the graph of y = |x + 7|? 7 units up 7 units down 7 units left 7 units right

User SLenik
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Answer: The correct option is

(C) 7 units left.

Step-by-step explanation: We are given to select the correct description of the translation of graph y = |x| to obtain the graph of y = |x + 7|.

We know that

if the parent absolute function y = |x| is shifted a units to the left, then the new function is written as


y=|x+a|.

The given translated function is y = |x + 7|.

It describes that the function y = |x| is shifted 7 units to the left.

Thus, the correct description is

7 units left.

Option (C) is CORRECT.

User James Gardiner
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ANSWER

7 units left.

Step-by-step explanation

The parent function is


y = |x|

The transformation


y = |x + a|

shifts the graph of the function, a units to the left.

Therefore the transformation that describes how to translate the graph of

y=|x| to obtain y=|x+7| is 7 units left.

The third choice is correct

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