The Effects of Some Simple Compositions on the Graph of a Function
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How are the graphs of ,
,
,
,
,
,
, and
related to the graph of
? These important ideas from a precalculus course are illustrated using various common functions including
,
, and
. The graphs of these functions can be translated vertically and horizontally to provide many more examples of
. The reset button puts a previously translated graph back to its original position.
Contributed by: Marc Brodie (Wheeling Jesuit University) (March 2011)
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