Reviewing Griffith normalisation problem

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Homework Statement
It is about normalisation I am posting the image of the question down below
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Integral { psi(X,t) = |psi(X,t)|^2 dx} from X=-inf to X= + inf
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My problem is in (b) it written sketch psi (X,0) as function of X , why the answer was like this

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I didn't understand the branch from a to b

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You are given that between ##x = a## and ##x = b## the wave function is

##\psi(x) = A \frac{b-x}{b-a}##

You should be able to tell that this is linear and has negative slope. What particular aspect of the graph is bothering you?
 
Thank you solve it just was problem with the rendering the graph made me confused for a moment
 
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