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What are the differences between vertical and horizontal translations?
Vertical: Shifts up/down, affects y-values. Horizontal: Shifts left/right, affects x-values.
What are the differences between vertical and horizontal dilations?
Vertical: Stretches/shrinks vertically, affects y-values. Horizontal: Stretches/shrinks horizontally, affects x-values.
Compare reflection over the x-axis vs. y-axis.
X-axis: Flips over x-axis, negates y-values. Y-axis: Flips over y-axis, negates x-values.
Contrast the effects of and .
: Vertical shift by k. : Horizontal shift by -k.
Compare the effects of and .
: Vertical dilation by a. : Horizontal dilation by 1/a.
What is the difference between a vertical stretch and a vertical shift?
Vertical stretch: Changes the shape of the graph by multiplying y-values. Vertical shift: Moves the graph up or down without changing its shape.
How do horizontal stretches and compressions differ?
Horizontal stretch: Expands the graph horizontally. Horizontal compression: Shrinks the graph horizontally.
Compare the effects of a positive vs. negative 'a' in .
Positive 'a': Vertical stretch or compression. Negative 'a': Vertical stretch or compression AND reflection over the x-axis.
Contrast the impact of 'h' and 'k' in the general transformation equation.
'h': Horizontal shift (left/right). 'k': Vertical shift (up/down).
How does changing 'b' in affect the graph differently than changing 'a' in ?
Changing 'b' affects the horizontal aspect (stretch/compression/reflection over y-axis), while changing 'a' affects the vertical aspect (stretch/compression/reflection over x-axis).
Explain the effect of k in .
Shifts the graph vertically. moves the graph up, moves it down.
Explain the effect of h in .
Shifts the graph horizontally. moves the graph left, moves it right.
Explain the effect of 'a' in .
Scales the graph vertically. stretches, shrinks. reflects over x-axis.
Explain the effect of 'b' in .
Scales the graph horizontally. shrinks, stretches. reflects over y-axis.
Why does horizontal translation appear 'opposite'?
Because evaluates the function at a shifted x-value, requiring a shift in the opposite direction to achieve the same output.
How do transformations affect the domain and range?
Translations shift the domain/range, dilations compress/expand them, and reflections can change the direction of the range.
What is the order of transformations?
Horizontal transformations (shifts and stretches) before vertical transformations.
Explain how a vertical stretch affects the range of a function.
A vertical stretch multiplies the range values by the stretch factor, expanding or compressing the range.
Describe the impact of a negative 'a' value in .
It reflects the graph of over the x-axis, changing the sign of the y-values.
What happens to the x-intercepts after a vertical stretch?
The x-intercepts remain unchanged because the y-value at these points is zero, and multiplying zero by any factor still results in zero.
Vertical translation by k units:
Horizontal translation by h units:
Vertical dilation by a factor of a:
Horizontal dilation by a factor of 1/b:
Reflection over the x-axis:
Reflection over the y-axis:
General form of combined transformations:
How to represent a vertical stretch by a factor of 3?
How to represent a horizontal compression by a factor of 2?
Formula for shifting a function 5 units to the right?