Math Question

by **The Weird One** on Sat May 10, 2008 4:52 pm

Is it possible to make an absolute value function face sideways?

Thanks in advance.

by **InkL0sed** on Sat May 10, 2008 4:59 pm

Uh... what?

by **Snorri1234** on Sat May 10, 2008 5:00 pm

Yes. It's an ancient secret passed on from mentor to apprentice. Only when the apprentice beats the mentor in a fight will he be introduced into the secrets of this ancient craft, at that point the mentor has nothing more to learn to him and he will roam the lands and in time take an apprentice himself.

by **demon7896** on Sat May 10, 2008 5:03 pm

er... then i think it would look like this I
all numbers do turned sideways. as do letters. cause they're 2d

by **The Weird One** on Sat May 10, 2008 5:05 pm

Instead of looking like "^" that, it would look like this: "<" or this ">"

by **MeDeFe** on Sat May 10, 2008 5:08 pm

The Weird One wrote:Instead of looking like "^" that, it would look like this: "<" or this ">"

In that case I would draw a graph and then turn the paper 90° to the left or right.

by **Snorri1234** on Sat May 10, 2008 5:09 pm

Why would you want to do that actually?

by **The Weird One** on Sat May 10, 2008 5:10 pm

Snorri1234 wrote:Why would you want to do that actually?

well, it's for a project. We have to graph a picture and I'd like to do it this way instead of drawing out two lines. I'm just weird like that. :mrgreen:

by **The Weird One** on Sat May 10, 2008 5:19 pm

I think I figured it out. Would changing from " y = | x | " to " x = | y |" work?

by **Neoteny** on Sat May 10, 2008 5:26 pm

The Weird One wrote:I think I figured it out. Would changing from " y = | x | " to " x = | y |" work?

Oh, you're talking about the actual product... That would rotate the whole thing 90 degrees.

by **The Weird One** on Sat May 10, 2008 5:26 pm

Neoteny wrote:
The Weird One wrote:I think I figured it out. Would changing from " y = | x | " to " x = | y |" work?

Oh, you're talking about the actual product... That would rotate the whole thing 90 degrees.

OK, thanks.

by **Neoteny** on Sat May 10, 2008 5:29 pm

And if you want it the other way, put a negative sign in front of your abs function.

by **MeDeFe** on Sat May 10, 2008 5:31 pm

abs always remind me of kramsey...

by **Hologram** on Sat May 10, 2008 6:17 pm

easy:
x=|y|

though, really it's not a function

you could easily figure out a way to do with a parametric equation though, I'm sure

by **t-o-m** on Sat May 10, 2008 6:26 pm

ok i dont understand any of this so im just gonna say yes?

by **wcaclimbing** on Sat May 10, 2008 6:29 pm

t-o-m wrote:ok i dont understand any of this so im just gonna say yes?

I'm assuming you are doing this for some kind of high school math class.
What level are you at right now?
Cause if you dont understand any of it, I'm guessing its one of the lower ones.
Maybe if we knew we could help a bit more.