<< Chapter < Page Chapter >> Page >

Given a tabular function, create a new row to represent a horizontal shift.

  1. Identify the input row or column.
  2. Determine the magnitude of the shift.
  3. Add the shift to the value in each input cell.

Shifting a tabular function horizontally

A function f ( x ) is given in [link] . Create a table for the function g ( x ) = f ( x 3 ) .

x 2 4 6 8
f ( x ) 1 3 7 11

The formula g ( x ) = f ( x 3 ) tells us that the output values of g are the same as the output value of f when the input value is 3 less than the original value. For example, we know that f ( 2 ) = 1. To get the same output from the function g , we will need an input value that is 3 larger . We input a value that is 3 larger for g ( x ) because the function takes 3 away before evaluating the function f .

g ( 5 ) = f ( 5 3 ) = f ( 2 ) = 1

We continue with the other values to create [link] .

x 5 7 9 11
x 3 2 4 6 8
f ( x ) 1 3 7 11
g ( x ) 1 3 7 11

The result is that the function g ( x ) has been shifted to the right by 3. Notice the output values for g ( x ) remain the same as the output values for f ( x ) , but the corresponding input values, x , have shifted to the right by 3. Specifically, 2 shifted to 5, 4 shifted to 7, 6 shifted to 9, and 8 shifted to 11.

Got questions? Get instant answers now!
Got questions? Get instant answers now!

Identifying a horizontal shift of a toolkit function

[link] represents a transformation of the toolkit function f ( x ) = x 2 . Relate this new function g ( x ) to f ( x ) , and then find a formula for g ( x ) .

Graph of a parabola.

Notice that the graph is identical in shape to the f ( x ) = x 2 function, but the x- values are shifted to the right 2 units. The vertex used to be at (0,0), but now the vertex is at (2,0). The graph is the basic quadratic function shifted 2 units to the right, so

g ( x ) = f ( x 2 )

Notice how we must input the value x = 2 to get the output value y = 0 ; the x -values must be 2 units larger because of the shift to the right by 2 units. We can then use the definition of the f ( x ) function to write a formula for g ( x ) by evaluating f ( x 2 ) .

f ( x ) = x 2 g ( x ) = f ( x 2 ) g ( x ) = f ( x 2 ) = ( x 2 ) 2
Got questions? Get instant answers now!
Got questions? Get instant answers now!

Interpreting horizontal versus vertical shifts

The function G ( m ) gives the number of gallons of gas required to drive m miles. Interpret G ( m ) + 10 and G ( m + 10 ) .

G ( m ) + 10 can be interpreted as adding 10 to the output, gallons. This is the gas required to drive m miles, plus another 10 gallons of gas. The graph would indicate a vertical shift.

G ( m + 10 ) can be interpreted as adding 10 to the input, miles. So this is the number of gallons of gas required to drive 10 miles more than m miles. The graph would indicate a horizontal shift.

Got questions? Get instant answers now!
Got questions? Get instant answers now!

Given the function f ( x ) = x , graph the original function f ( x ) and the transformation g ( x ) = f ( x + 2 ) on the same axes. Is this a horizontal or a vertical shift? Which way is the graph shifted and by how many units?

The graphs of f ( x ) and g ( x ) are shown below. The transformation is a horizontal shift. The function is shifted to the left by 2 units.

Graph of a square root function and a horizontally shift square foot function.
Got questions? Get instant answers now!

Combining vertical and horizontal shifts

Now that we have two transformations, we can combine them. Vertical shifts are outside changes that affect the output ( y -) values and shift the function up or down. Horizontal shifts are inside changes that affect the input ( x -) values and shift the function left or right. Combining the two types of shifts will cause the graph of a function to shift up or down and left or right.

Questions & Answers

how do you get the 2/50
Abba Reply
number of sport play by 50 student construct discrete data
Aminu Reply
width of the frangebany leaves on how to write a introduction
Theresa Reply
Solve the mean of variance
Veronica Reply
Step 1: Find the mean. To find the mean, add up all the scores, then divide them by the number of scores. ... Step 2: Find each score's deviation from the mean. ... Step 3: Square each deviation from the mean. ... Step 4: Find the sum of squares. ... Step 5: Divide the sum of squares by n – 1 or N.
kenneth
what is error
Yakuba Reply
Is mistake done to something
Vutshila
Hy
anas
hy
What is the life teble
anas
hy
Jibrin
statistics is the analyzing of data
Tajudeen Reply
what is statics?
Zelalem Reply
how do you calculate mean
Gloria Reply
diveving the sum if all values
Shaynaynay
let A1,A2 and A3 events be independent,show that (A1)^c, (A2)^c and (A3)^c are independent?
Fisaye Reply
what is statistics
Akhisani Reply
data collected all over the world
Shaynaynay
construct a less than and more than table
Imad Reply
The sample of 16 students is taken. The average age in the sample was 22 years with astandard deviation of 6 years. Construct a 95% confidence interval for the age of the population.
Aschalew Reply
Bhartdarshan' is an internet-based travel agency wherein customer can see videos of the cities they plant to visit. The number of hits daily is a normally distributed random variable with a mean of 10,000 and a standard deviation of 2,400 a. what is the probability of getting more than 12,000 hits? b. what is the probability of getting fewer than 9,000 hits?
Akshay Reply
Bhartdarshan'is an internet-based travel agency wherein customer can see videos of the cities they plan to visit. The number of hits daily is a normally distributed random variable with a mean of 10,000 and a standard deviation of 2,400. a. What is the probability of getting more than 12,000 hits
Akshay
1
Bright
Sorry i want to learn more about this question
Bright
Someone help
Bright
a= 0.20233 b=0.3384
Sufiyan
a
Shaynaynay
How do I interpret level of significance?
Mohd Reply
It depends on your business problem or in Machine Learning you could use ROC- AUC cruve to decide the threshold value
Shivam
how skewness and kurtosis are used in statistics
Owen Reply
yes what is it
Taneeya
Got questions? Join the online conversation and get instant answers!
Jobilize.com Reply

Get Jobilize Job Search Mobile App in your pocket Now!

Get it on Google Play Download on the App Store Now




Source:  OpenStax, College algebra. OpenStax CNX. Feb 06, 2015 Download for free at https://legacy.cnx.org/content/col11759/1.3
Google Play and the Google Play logo are trademarks of Google Inc.

Notification Switch

Would you like to follow the 'College algebra' conversation and receive update notifications?

Ask