Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 1 - Section 1.6 - Transformations of Functions - Exercise Set - Page 244: 145

Answer

The function is $g=-{{\left( x+4 \right)}^{2}}.$

Work Step by Step

The graph of $g\left( x \right)$ is obtained by transforming the graph of $f\left( x \right)={{x}^{2}}.$ Consider the graph of the function $f\left( x \right)={{x}^{2}}$ that passes through the origin $\left( 0,0 \right)$. The graph of the function $f\left( x \right)={{x}^{2}}$ has the vertex at the origin and to shift the vertex from the origin to $\left( -4,0 \right)$, x needs to be replaced. Now, the given function is replaced by ${{x}^{2}}={{\left( x+4 \right)}^{2}}$. Then, the function becomes $f={{x}^{2}},$ where $c=4.$ So, the function is $\begin{align} & f={{\left( x+c \right)}^{2}} \\ & ={{\left( x+4 \right)}^{2}} \end{align}$ In order to reflect the graph about the x axis, a negative sign needs to be multiplied by the function's values.
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