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Transformations of functions

- There are a number of little helpful rules when looking at applying transformations to
functions

1) Horizontal transformations

These are transformations which affect the x of f (x)

These include:

- Horizontal translation c units to the right


o f ( x ) → f (x−c)
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- Horizontal dilation by a scale factor of
b
o f ( x ) → f (bx )
- Reflection across the y-axis
o f ( x ) → f (−x )

When applying multiple horizontal transformations to a function, it is useful to think in the


following way: each subsequent horizontal transformation wishes to stick with the x only.

For example, we wish to take a function f ( x ) and:

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1. Dilate it horizontally by scale factor
b
2. Horizontally translate it c units to the right

Step 1 can be represented by

f ( x ) → f ( bx )

While step 2 can be represented by

f ( bx ) → f (b ( x −c ))

Note that we put a bracket around the x−c when we introduce the translation in step 2; this is
how it ‘sticks with just the x’ (the previous dilation is outside the bracket)
Now, let us reverse the order of these two steps: let’s take a function f ( x ) and:

1. Horizontally translate it c units to the right


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2. Dilate it horizontally by scale factor
b

Step 1 can be represented by

f ( x ) → f ( x−c )

While step 2 can be represented by

f ( bx ) → f (bx−c)

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Note that b (the reciprocal of the dilation scale factor) associates with JUST THE X and not
b
the translation c term. We can see how the second transformation in each case ‘sticks to x’;
however, changing the order of the translation and dilation will affect our final answer.

- VERTICAL TRANSFORMATIONS: subsequent vertical transformaitons affect the


WHOLE THING
- Horizontal and vertical transformations: order does not matter as they affect different
things (horizontal affects x, vertical affects the f)

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