Question

please help me with this I need to graph y=|x-3|-2 and describe the translations. translations are when you change it, I know that but how on earth do you graph something like this? please help thank you so much!

Answer 1

Simplest way to understand this is to make a table of values. Pick any x to find the matching y, then plot those points

the |... anything ..|
simply means to take the positive result of 'anything'
e.g.
|5| = 5 , |-5| = 5

your graph should look like this:
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=plot+y%3D%7Cx-3%7C-2

Answer 2

oml you saved me thank you so much!!