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Which statement is true about f(x) = –6|x + 5| – 2?
The graph of f(x) is a horizontal compression of the graph of the parent function.
The graph of f(x) is a horizontal stretch of the graph of the parent function.
The graph of f(x) opens upward.
The graph of f(x) opens to the right.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
None of the statements is true.

Reason: f(x) = -6|x+5| - 2 is |x| shifted left 5 and down 2, then vertically stretched by factor 6 and reflected across the x-axis (because of the negative). There is no horizontal stretch/compression (the x inside has coefficient 1), it opens downward (not upward), and it does not "open to the right."