What Does the Constant 'b' Do to the Graph of f(x)=x+b?

What Does the Constant 'b' Do to the Graph of f(x)=x+b?

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You can do all kinds of things to a function to change the way its graph looks. What happens when you add a constant to the graph of f(x) = x? Check out this tutorial to see!

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