Translations of

Quadratic Functions

What kind of translation

do you see here?
9
-5
4 2
-3
1 2
-1
0 2
1
1 2
3
4 2
5
9
First differences are different.

Second differences are constant.

(0,0)
x=0
0
0
UP
Min . . . (minimum value = 0)
 Basic Reminder
0 1
1 3
4 5 17
9 16
7 15
16 14
13 7
12
11 “
10
9 {
8
7 5 o
6
5
o
4
3 0
3
2
1
1 0
-6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6
 What
Happens
when you 11 -5 3
-5
6 -3 -2
graph 3 -1 -5 -3
-1
2 1 -6
y = x2 + q ? 3 3 -5 1
3
6 5 -2
11 3 5

(0, 2) (0, -6)

x=0 x=0
Up Up
1 3 5 7 1 3 5 7
 What
Happens
when you 9 -5 9
4 4 -5
graph 1
-3
-1 1 -3
0 0 -1
y = (x - p)2 ? 1
1
3 1 1
4 4 3
5 5
9 9
(-5, 0) (4, 0)
x = -5 x=4
Up Up
1 3 5 7 1 3 5 7
 What did we Discover?
Parabola (with a) Vertical Shift (up/down)

UP 0 q

DOWN x=0
1 3 5 7

UP

Parabola (with a) Horizontal Shift (left/right)

RIGHT p 0

LEFT x=p
1 3 5 7

UP
Let’s Now Graph using Step
Property

• See Handout
 State the Equations

y = x2 – 7 y = (x + 5)2
y = x2 – 3 y = (x + 2)2

y = x2 Basic Parabola y = x2 Basic Parabola

y = x2 + 3 y = (x – 4)2

y = x2 + 5.5 y = (x – 7)2
 Complete the following
Table

(0, 1) x=0 1 3 5 7 UP

(0, -6) x=0 1 3 5 7 UP

(4, 0) x=4 1 3 5 7 UP

(-7, 0) x = -7 1 3 5 7 UP

(1, 3) x=1 1 3 5 7 UP

(-4, -2) x = -4 UP
1 3 5 7

y = (x – 1)2 – 3 x=1

y = (x – 2)2 – 1 x=2
 Stretches
Compressions
Reflections
of Quadratic Functions
 Basic Reminder
17
16

0 1
15
14
1 3 13 7
4 5 12

9 11
7 10
16
9
8
7 5
6
5
4
3
3
2
1
10
-6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6
 What Happens when you graph
y = ax2 ?

18 -10
8 10
-6
2
-2
0
2 2
6
8 6
10
18
(0, 0) 2
x=0
Up
2, 6, 10, 14
 What Happens when you graph
y = ax2 ?

4.5
-2.5
2 2.5
-1.5
0.5
-0.5
0 0.5
0.5
1.5
2 1.5
2.5
4.5
0.5
(0, 0)
x=0
Up
0.5, 1.5, 2.5, 3.5
 What Happens when you graph
y = ax2 ?

-9 -1
5
-4
3 -3
-1
1
0
-1
-1
-3
-4
-5
-9 -5

(0, 0)
x=0
Down
-1, -3, -5, -7
 Parabola (with a)

Vertical Stretch Vertical Reflection

Compression
Reflection 0 0
Vertical Stretch x=0

Vertical 1a, 3a, 5a, 7a

Compression
Up (a>0)

Down (a<0)
Let’s Now Graph using Step
Property

• See Handout
 1a, 3a, 5a, 7a

2, 6, 10, 14

1a, 3a, 5a, 7a

-1, -3, -5, -7

1a, 3a, 5a, 7a

0.5, 1.5, 2.5, 3.5

Graph each Parabola
Graph each Parabola
Graph each Parabola
Graph each Parabola
 -3, -9, -15, -21

4, 12, 20, 28

0.25, 0.75, 1.25, 1.75

-2, -6, -10, -14

-0.5, -1.5, -2.5, -3.5

For your information. . .

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