Graphing Rules
Absolute Value Equations
Absolute Value Function Graphs
Absolute Value Inequalities
Graphing Absolute Value Inequalities
100

Starting point when graphing absolute value linear equations

(0,0)

the vertex of the parent function with slope of 1

100

| a + 3 | = 5

What is a = -8 and a = 2

100

What is the Vertex of y = | a + 3 |

(-3,0)

100
5 - 9| 9 - k| > -13
What is k > 7 and k < 11
100

|5 + 5n| > 55

What is x > 10 or x <-12

200

Shifts the graph to the right 

|x-h|

-h

the negative number inside the absolute value

200

5-8| -2k | = -75

What is k = -5 and k = 5

200

What is the Vertex of y = 2| a - 1 | + 5

(1,5)

200
4| 8x - 2 | - 5 < 19
What is x < 1 and x > -.5
200
|10+4x|<14
-6<x<1
300

Shifts the graph up

k

the positive number outside (to the right) of the absolute value

300

|7n+4|/8 = 3 

What is n = 20/7 and n = -4

300

Name the dilation of the graph y = -| a | + 4 and state whether it has a reflection.

No Dilation b/c it's 1 and yes there is a reflection.

300
2| 8k - 10 | - 1 > 75
What is k > 6 and k < -3.5
300
| 10 + x | ≥ 11
What is x ≥ 1 and x ≤ -21
400

Write the equation for the following: shifts up 3, left 6 and has a reflected stretch of 1/2

y=-1/2|x+6|+3

400

3|-8m| +8= 80

What is m = -3 and m = 3

400

List the transformations of y = 2| a -5 |-4

Dilation of 2, right 5, down 4

400
10| 4x – 1 | - 7 ≤ 103
What is x ≤ 3 and x ≥ -2.5
400
9 + 10 | a – 1 | ≥ 29
What is a ≤ -1 and a ≥ 3
500

definition of absolute value 

Distance from any number to zero.

500

|-4+5x| = 16

4, -12/5

500

What is the Vertex of y = | 3a + 3 | -3

(-1,-3)

500
1 - 3| -9n – 10 | ≥ 2
No Solution
500
| p + 5 | > -2
All Solutions
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