How do you write $m(x) = |x+2| - 7$ as a piecewise function?

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Answer 1 · 2017-02-12T03:07:35

$m>=-7$ . $m =x-5, x >= -2 and -x-9, x<=-2$ .

As $|x+2| >=0, m>=-7$ .

$m = (x+2)-7=x-5, x>=-2 and$

$=-(x+2)-7=-x-9, x <=-2$ .

See the Socratic depiction.

graph{|x+2|-7 [-20, 20, -10, 10]}

How do you write m(x) = |x+2| - 7 m(x) = |x+2| - 7 as a piecewise function?