As observed from the graph, the curve is a straight line from point (-2,-1) to (-5,2).
Consider that the equation of a straight line passing through two points is given by,
[tex]y-y_1=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}\times(x-x_1)[/tex]So the equation of the line passing through (-2,-1) and (-5,2) is given by,
[tex]\begin{gathered} y-(-1)=\frac{2-(-1)}{-5-(-2)}\times(x-(-2)) \\ y+1=\frac{3}{-3}\times(x+2) \\ y+1=-x-2 \\ y=-x-3 \end{gathered}[/tex]Note that this function is only for the interval [-2, -5].
Now, the value of 'y' corresponding to the input x=-4 is calculated as,
[tex]\begin{gathered} y=-(-4)-3 \\ y=4-3 \\ y=1 \end{gathered}[/tex]Thus, the required output is y = 1 .
