NapkinCalc

Precalculus — Functions

Transformations

continues from lesson 2 — values defined earlier in the course stay live here

Every graph manipulation is arithmetic on the formula:

  • f(x) + k slides UP by k
  • f(x − h) slides RIGHT by h (the minus sign fools everyone once)
  • a·f(x) stretches vertically

The plot below is f shifted right 2 and up 5 — edit the numbers in the expression and watch it move:

f(x - 2) + 5
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f(x − 2) + 5 — the same parabola, relocated