10. Normal Distributions
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What operations indicate a horizontal translation?
Equation: y=x
Graph:
Horizontal translations occur when we add or subtract a value from the argument of a function. We can observe it more clearly in the table below.
| Horizontal Translations | |
|---|---|
| Translation left h units, h>0 y=f(x+ h) | Translation right h units, h>0 y=f(x- h) |
In this case, we are asked to translate y=x-2 left by 2 units. Therefore, we will need to add.
y=(x+ 2)-2 ⇔ y=x
Now, we have enough information to graph the transformed function.