Respuesta :
The given function is
[tex]f(x)=\begin{cases}\frac{1}{3}x+1\colon x<-2 \\ x-3\colon-1\leq x<2 \\ 3\colon x\ge2\end{cases}[/tex]A piecewise function is a function that behaves differently on each interval. In this case, we have three intervals with three different behaviors, so let's graph each of them.
First part. 1/3x + 1.
We have to find coordinated points for the values x = -4 and x = -3. To do so, we have to evaluate the expression for each value.
[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{1}{3}\cdot(-4)+1=-\frac{4}{3}+1=\frac{-4+3}{3}=-\frac{1}{3} \\ \frac{1}{3}\cdot(-3)+1=-1+1=0 \end{gathered}[/tex]So we have two points for the first expression: (-4, -1/3) and (-3, 0).
Second part. x - 3.
Let's evaluate the expression for x = -1 and x = 0.
[tex]\begin{gathered} -1-3=-4 \\ 0-3=-3 \end{gathered}[/tex]The points are (-1, -4) and (0, -3).
For the third part, we don't have to evaluate any expression because the function, in that interval, is a horizontal line.
Now, we just have to graph all the points on the same coordinated plane, as the image below shows.