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# The figure above shows the graph of the function defined by

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The figure above shows the graph of the function defined by [#permalink]  24 Jan 2019, 20:55
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Please can anyone help with this question, the correct choice is E, how can we solve such questions.
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The figure above shows the graph of the function defined by $$f(x) = |2x| +4$$ for all numbers x. For which of the following function g defined for all numbers x does the graph of g intersect the graph of $$f$$ ?

A. $$g(x)=x — 2$$

B. $$g(x)=x + 3$$

C. $$g(x)= 2x — 2$$

D. $$g(x) = 2x + 3$$

E. $$g(x) = 3x — 2$$
[Reveal] Spoiler: OA

Last edited by amorphous on 26 Jan 2019, 17:45, edited 5 times in total.
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Re: The figure above shows the graph of the function defined by [#permalink]  26 Jan 2019, 18:00
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This is one of the sample question by ETS available in their website.

Here the main point to remember is sometimes you need to draw the figure to find the right answer.
First of all notice that the given eqn of the line has a slope of 2, option C and D also have a slope of 2 so we can put a value for x and see if any of the two lines will intersect the given eqn for $$f(x)$$.
Let us take $$x = 1$$ we get, for c: $$g(x) = 0$$; for D: $$g(x) = 5$$
Since C and D do not intersect $$f(x)$$ for $$x = 1$$ we can conclude they will not intersect f(x) because f(x) and g(x) have the same slope.

option $$A$$and $$B$$ are linear graph.

Let us draw the figure for option A in a graph
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This graph will not intersect line f(x) this is because slope of line f(x) is 2 whereas the slope of line g(x) is 1. For every increase in value of x f(x) will be more steeper than g(x). Choice B can be eliminated as well. This leaves us with choice E only.
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Re: The figure above shows the graph of the function defined by [#permalink]  27 Jan 2019, 11:51
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