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A upward facing V-shaped graph is plotted on a coordinate plane. The x-axis ranges from negative 3 to 3 in 1-unit increments and the y-axis ranges from 0 to 3 in 1-unit increments.
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The given graph represents a horizontal dilation by scale factor k to the graph of a parent function. Consider the point (2,1)
in the given graph. Compare this point to its corresponding point on the graph of its parent function. What transformation occurred?

Option #1: a horizontal stretch, k=2

Option #2: a horizontal compression, k=2

Option #3: a horizontal stretch, k=12

Option #4: a horizontal compression, k=12

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Option #1.

The parent |x| has the point (1,1). In the given graph that point is at (2,1), so x-values are doubled. That's a horizontal stretch by factor k = 2 (y = |x/2|).