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The equation y 1x + 5) describes a function that is translated from a parent function. What graph represents this translation?

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You have the function:

y = |x|

to translate the functyion 1 unit left, consider that such translation consists in adding 1 unit to the variable x, as follow:

y = |x +1|

next, to translate the function 2 units up, just add 2 units to the complete function:

y = |x + 1| + 2

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