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Example Question #11 : Transformations Of Linear Functions
Suppose is shifted left two units. What is the new equation in slope-intercept form?
Rewrite the given standard form equation in slope-intercept format:
Subtract from both sides.
Divide by two on both sides.
Simplify both sides.
If this equation is shifted left two units, the will be replaced with .
Rewrite the equation and simplify.
The answer is:
Example Question #12 : Transformations Of Linear Functions
Shift left four units. Write the new equation.
Simplify the equation given by distributing the integer through the binomial and combine like-terms. This will put the equation in slope intercept form.
Since this equation is shifted left four units, replace with .
Simplify this equation.
The new equation after the shift is:
Example Question #61 : Linear Functions
If the line is shifted up four units, what is the new equation?
Rewrite the given equation, , in standard form to slope intercept form, .
Subtract from both sides.
Divide by two on both sides.
Simplify the equation.
The vertical shift by four units will shift the y-intercept up four units. Add four to the equation.
The answer is:
Example Question #61 : Linear Functions
Translate the function up two units. What is the y-intercept of the new equation?
The equation given is currently in standard form.
Rewrite the equation in slope-intercept form, .
Subtract on both sides of .
Divide by two on both sides.
Simplify the fractions and split the right fraction into two parts.
The equation in slope-intercept form is:
Apply the translation. If this line is shifted up two units, the y-intercept will be added two.
The answer is:
Example Question #65 : Linear Functions
Shift the line right three units. What is the new equation?
Rewrite the given equation in standard form to slope-intercept form, .
Add and subtract three on both sides.
Simplify both sides.
Since the line is shifted three units to the right, the term will become .
Replace this with the variable in the equation.
Simplify.
The answer is:
Example Question #14 : Transformations Of Linear Functions
Shift the line up one unit, and left two units. Write the new equation.
Shifting the line up one unit will result in adding one to the y-intercept.
When the line is shifted left two units, the variable must be replaced with the term.
Use the distributive property to expand this equation.
The new equation is:
The answer is:
Example Question #67 : Linear Functions
Shift the line up two units and left three units. What's the new equation?
Shifting the line up two units will add two to the y-intercept.
Shifting the line left three units mean that the x-variable will be replaced with:
Replace with the quantity of .
Simplify this equation by combining like-terms
The answer is:
Example Question #15 : Transformations Of Linear Functions
Shift the line left 2 units. Write the new equation.
Expand the equation by distribution.
Since this line is shifted left two units, replace the variable with .
The equation becomes:
The new equation after the shift is:
The answer is:
Example Question #11 : Transformations Of Linear Functions
Determine the new equation if is shifted ten units to the left.
If a line is shifted ten units to the left, the x-variable will be replaced with since the root will be ten units to the left of the original location.
The equation becomes:
Simplify the linear equation.
The answer is:
Example Question #21 : Transformations Of Linear Functions
Shift the function right five units. What's the new equation?
Shifting the line right five units will shift the root right by five units.
This means that the variable will need to be replaced with since all of the x-values are shifted right five units.
The new equation becomes:
Simplify the equation.
The answer is:
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