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These are functions that aredefined differently on differentparts of the domain.
 
 
( )
≥<−=
0,0,
2
 x x x x x f  
 
This means for 
 x 
’s less than0, put them in
f 
(
 x 
) = -
 x 
but for 
 x 
’s greater than or equal to0, put them in
f 
(
 x 
) =
 x 
2
What does the graphof 
f 
(
 x 
) = -
 x 
look like?
Remember 
y 
=
f 
(
 x 
) so let’sgraph y = -
 x 
which is a line of slope –1 and y-intercept 0.Since we are onlysupposed to graph this for x< 0, we’ll stop the graphat x = 0.
 
What does the graphof 
f 
(
 x 
) =
 x 
2
look like?
Since we are onlysupposed to graph this for x
≥
0, we’ll only keep theright half of the graph.Remember 
y 
=
f 
(
 x 
) so letsgraph y =
 x 
2
which is a squarefunction (parabola)
This then is the graphfor the piecewisefunction given above.
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