Wednesday, October 5, 2011

A Function Transformations reference sheet

Since I never miss a change to procrastinate, I decided to spend some time compiling a "cheat sheet" for function transformations.

I've included the following 8 transformations:
  1. A constant added to or subtracted from a function shifts its graph vertically.
  2. A constant added to or subtracted from a function's input shifts its graph horizontally.
  3. Multiplying a function by a constant stretches or squishes the function vertically.
  4. Multiplying a function's input by a constant stretches or squishes the function horizontally.
  5. Multiplying a function by a negative number causes its graph to reflect over the x-axis.
  6. Multiplying a function's input by a negative number causes its graph to reflect over the y-axis.
  7. Taking the absolute value of a function moves all the points on its graph above the x-axis.
  8. Taking the absolute value of a function's input causes the left side of the graph to clone the right side.