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Example Questions
Example Question #31 : Transformations Of Linear Functions
Shift the graph down six units. What is the new equation?
Rewrite the given equation in standard form to slope-intercept form.
Subtract from both sides.
Divide by three on both sides.
Simplify this equation.
Shifting this equation down means that the y-intercept will be subtracted six.
The answer is:
Example Question #82 : Linear Functions
Translate the graph down fifteen units. What is the new equation?
The given equation can be rewritten in slope-intercept format, .
Shifting down a line fifteen units will decrease the y-intercept by 15.
The answer is:
Example Question #83 : Linear Functions
Translate the graph left four units and up one unit. What's the new equation?
Shifting the equation up one unit will change the y-intercept by adding one.
If the graph is to be shifted four units to the left, the x-variable will need to be replaced with the quantity .
Use the distribution property to simplify the binomial.
The equation is:
Example Question #84 : Linear Functions
Shift the function up four units. What is the new equation?
Rewrite this equation in standard form to slope intercept format.
Subtract on both sides.
Divide by three on both sides.
Simplify this equation.
If this graph is shifted up four units, simply add four to the y-intercept.
The answer is:
Example Question #85 : Linear Functions
Shift left eight units. What is the new equation?
Shifting the graph left 8 units will require changing the x-variable to .
Replace the term and simplify the equation.
Distribute the six through the binomial.
The equation is:
Example Question #86 : Linear Functions
Translate the function left 5 units. What is the new equation?
If the graph is shifted leftward, apply the transformation by replacing the x-variable with .
Simplify this equation by distribution, and rewrite this in slope intercept format.
Combine like-terms.
The answer is:
Example Question #87 : Linear Functions
Translate the line down three units and left four units. What is the new equation?
Rewrite the equation in slope-intercept form:
Shifting this line down three units will decrease the y-intercept by three.
If the line is shifted left four units, the x-variable will need to be replaced with .
Simplify this equation.
The answer is:
Example Question #88 : Linear Functions
Translate the line left three units and down four units. What is the new equation?
Rewrite the given equation in standard form to slope-intercept form.
Add on both sides.
A shift down four units will decrease the y-intercept by four. The current y-intercept is zero. Rewrite the equation.
The line shifted three units to the left means that the x-variable will need to be replaced with .
Rewrite the equation.
Simplify this equation.
The answer is:
Example Question #371 : Functions And Graphs
Translate the graph up three units. What is the new equation?
Simplify the equation by distribution.
Shifting this line up by three units will add three to the y-intercept.
The answer is:
Example Question #90 : Linear Functions
Shift the graph: up five units. What is the new equation?
Use distribution to simplify this equation. We will need to put the equation in slope-intercept format,
The equation becomes:
Shifting this equation up five units will add five to the y-intercept.
The answer is: