Choose the One Alternative That Best Completes the Statement or Answers

question 257

Multiple Choice

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Graph the piecewise-defined function.
- $$f ( x ) = \left\{ \begin{array} { l } | x | - 4 , \text { if } x < 0 \\- 4 , \text { if } x \geq 0\end{array} \right.$$

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