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Consider the following functions:
y = |x|
y = |x-1|
y = |x-2|
y = |x-3|
If this pattern of functions continued, what would be the x- and y-intercepts for the 100th function? Justify your answer.
What is
[ Figure 1 has (0, 0) as its only intercept; Figure 2 has (−1, 0), (1, 0), and (0, −1); with the pattern continuing, the x-intercepts of the 100th function will be (−99, 0) and (99, 0) and the y-intercept will be (0, 99). ]