Question

What would this look like if a write a function g whose graph represents the indicated transformation of the graph of f?

1. f(x)= |x| translation of 5 units left and 2 units up

2. f(x)=x^2; reflection in the c axis and translation 8 units left

Answer 1

#1: |x+5|+2
#2: -(x+8)^2

type that stuff in at wolframalpha.com and you can see the results. #2 is at

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=plot+plot+x^2%2C-%28x%2B8%29^2+for+-20%3C%3Dx%3C%3D20