Raisins are a snack that is made from dehydrated grapes. While the sugar remains in the fruit, the water is removed, giving it its characteristic wrinkled appearance. A student is curious if she could rehydrate a raisin and get a grape again. She runs an experiment where she places a raisin in distilled water, another raisin in tap water, and a third raisin in salt water. The movement of water in and out of the raisin is called

This structure which allows these passages is called the cell membrane. Substances outside the cell can move in and out of the membrane through a process called diffusion. When the substance in question is water, the process is referred to as osmosis. ... Water can be put back into a raisin through the process of osmosis.

answer-

the statement that f(x) = |x+a| + b has exactly one x-intercept is sometimes correct.

solution-

it solely depends on b, whether the function will have one or two or zero x intercept.

this plot of the given function, f(x) = |x+a| + b will be the basic absolute value graph i.e v shape, with vertex translated to (-a, b), instead of origin.

1-   if b is zero, the graph will have exactly one x-intercept, at x= -a

2- if b is positive, the whole graph will be above the x-axis, hence it will have no x-intercepts.

3- if b is negative, the graph will be below the x-axis, hence it will have two x-intercepts.

∴ the statement is sometimes true.