Question

I don't know how to do this, so I can't graph it. f(x)= 1/x-4

Thank you for the help.

Answer 1

Does that mean 1/(x-4) or (1/x) -4 ?

They are not the same.

Get or draw yourself some graph paper, pick different values of x, and use the value of f(x) that you compute for y.

For example, when x = 5, f(x) = 1/(5-4) = 1

Answer 2

Thank you for answering. It is (1/x)-4. We are asked to use the transformation, to graph the rational function.
I am in an online class, so don't have much help. This is my last math class, thank God! I am not a math person.
Thank you.

Answer 3

If f(x) (1/x)-4, then
y = -3 when x=1,
y = -4.25 when x = 4 and
y = 0 when x = 1/4, etc.

Plot these and various other points that you compute on the graph, and draw a smooth line through them.

At x = 0, the curve goes to + infinity on the right side and to -infinity on the left side of the x axis.