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PBS

Pbs: Food Miles: Absolute Values to the Rescue

For Students 6th - 8th
Explore the concept of absolute value in terms of distances traveled. This video focuses on a real world application of absolute value and visualizes the problem by graphing points on coordinate plane.
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Purple Math

Purplemath: Solving Absolute Value Equations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A discussion of how to solve absolute value problems. The lesson goes into detail about the graphs of absolute value problems and how the graph is related to the numeric solution. Includes problems along with interactive widgets.
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California State University

Ca State University, San Bernadino: Graphing Techniques

For Students 9th - 10th
A survey of math graphing techniques includes horizontal and vertical shifts, stretching, lines of symmetry, even and odd functions, and absolute value functions.
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Lawrence Hall of Science

The Math Page: Topics in Pre Calculus: Basic Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Here is a site that clearly and thoroughly explains the graphs of the major mathematical functions. There are example problems solved, problems for the student to attempt, and answers to the student problems. Point this site out to...
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Richland Community College

Rcc: Solving Inequalities Algebraically and Graphically

For Students 9th - 10th
Straightforward explanations on how to solve inequalities. Includes linear inequalities, double inequalities, absolute value inequalities, polynomial inequalities, and rational inequalities.
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Paul Dawkins

Paul's Online Notes: Common Graphs Practice Problems

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this section we will do a very quick review of many of the most common functions and their graphs that typically show up in a Calculus class.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Algebra I: Evaluate Step Functions

For Students 9th - 10th
Given the graph of a step function, find the function's outputs for given specific inputs. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.