Transforming Graphs Investigation

1. Complete the table for each function.

f (x) = x2
x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
f (x)

f (x) + 2 = x2 + 2
x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
f (x) + 2

f (x) – 1 = x2 – 1
x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
f (x) - 1

Plot f (x), f (x) + 2 and f (x) – 1 on the same set of coordinate axes.
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What do you notice? Can you predict what the function f (x) – 2 would look like?

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2. Complete the table for each function.

f (x) = x2
x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
f (x)

f (x + 2) = (x + 2)2
x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
f (x + 2)

f (x – 1) = (x – 1)2
x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
f (x - 1)

Plot f (x), f (x + 2) and f (x – 1) on the same set of coordinate axes.

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What do you notice? Can you predict what the function f (x – 2) would look like?

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 3. Complete the table for each function.

f (x) = (x – 1)2
x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
f (x)

-f (x) = -(x – 1)2

x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
-f (x)

Plot f (x) and -f (x) on the same set of coordinate axes.

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 4. g(x) = (x + 2)2
x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
g (x)

g(-x) = (-x + 2)2

x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
g (-x)

Plot g(x) and g(-x) on the same set of coordinate axes.

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What do you notice? If the function was f (x) = x2, what would the function –f (x) look like?

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