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Test Yourself 2.


 

Transformations

1. (i) Graph y = |x|

(ii) Write the equation transformed from y = |x| where there is a horizontal shift of 2 to the right and a shift of 1 down.

(iii) Graph the transformed equation.

2. (i) Write the equation transformed from y = |x| where there is a horizontal dilation of 2 and a horizontal shift of -1.

(ii) Graph the transformed equation.

Graph the two components of each of the following equations on the same set of axes. So for Q3, graph y = |3x + 2| and y = 8. On the basis of your graph, solve the given equation for x value(s).
  3. |3x + 2| = 8 4. |3 - 2x| = 5
  5. |-2x - 3| = 7 6.
  7. 8.
Solving equations graphically.

9. |x2 - 3| = 6

10. |x2 + 3| = 22
  11. |2x + 3| = 3x 12. |3x + 1| = 2x + 4
  13. |4 - 2x| = x - 2 14. |2x + 5| = 3x + 9
  15. |x - 2| - x = 1 16. |2x + 6| = |x + 10|
  17. 2|x + 8| = 3 |x + 5| 18. |6x - 7| = 2|4 - 2x|
  19. 6|x + 3| - 2|x + 1| = 0 20. (i) Sketch y = |2x - 4|.

(ii) Hence find all values for k for which the equation
|2x - 4| = kx + 1 has only one solution.