Given the function f(x) = -|x+5| + 12 on your graphing calculator, what is the most appropriate viewing window to see the graph? a.)xmin: –10, xmax: 10 ymin: –10, ymax: 10 b.) xmin: –20, xmax: 20 ymin: –20, ymax: 20 c.) xmin: –5, xmax: 5 ymin: –20, ymax: 20 d.) xmin: –10, xmax: 10 ymin: –5, ymax: 5

B) would be the most appropriate viewing window.

The graph of this function is shifted up 12 units from the parent graph; thus we need our y-value to go up past 10.  This eliminates a and d.

The graph is also shifted to the right 5 units.  This means we need to go past 5 on the x-axis to see the entire graph.  This eliminates choice c, leaving us with b.