What is the effect on the graph of the function f(x)= |x| when f(x) is changed to f(-5)

Answer 1

f(-5) means the value of f(x) when x = -5. In your case, f(x) = |x|, so f(-5) = |-5| = 5. The point (-5,5) is one point on the graph of f(x) = |x|.