CATA Discovery Name____________________________________

1. Graph f ( x) x 2 on your calculator.

2. Graph f ( x) x 2 3, f ( x) x 2 2 , f ( x) x 2 4 , f ( x) x 2 1
3. What do you notice?___________________________________________________________

4. Clear all the graphs on your calculator and graph f ( x ) x on your calculator.

5. Graph f ( x) x 3 , f ( x ) x 2 , f ( x ) x 4 , f ( x) x 1

6. What do you notice?___________________________________________________________

7. Leave f ( x ) x graphed on you calculator and clear all the other graphs.

8. Graph f ( x) x 3 , f ( x ) x 2 , f ( x ) x 4 , f ( x) x 1

9. What do you notice?___________________________________________________________

10. Make a conclusion about what you just learned. Do you think this will work for all functions?

11. Leave f ( x ) x graphed on you calculator and clear all the other graphs.
12. Graph f ( x ) x
13. Graph f ( x) x on your calculator.
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14. Graph f ( x) x on your calculator.

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15. What do you notice?___________________________________________________________

16. Graph f ( x) 2 x , f ( x) 5 x , f ( x) .5 x , f ( x) .2 x
2 2 2 2

17. What do you notice? __________________________________________________________

18. Graph f ( x ) x on your calculator and clear all the other graphs.
19. Graph f ( x ) x on your calculator
20. What do you notice? _________________________________________________________
CATA Name:____________________________
Transformations Notes on Transformations

Explain the effect of each quantity in transforming the graph of the parent function f ( x )
y Af ( Bx C ) D
A__________________________________________________________________

B_________________________________________________________________

C__________________________________________________________________

D__________________________________________________________________

The Graph of the function g with domain [2, 4] is shown in the figure below. Sketch a
graph each of the following functions and specify it domain and range. Label a-d on graph.

a) g ( x) 1 b) g ( x 1) c) g ( x) d) g (2 x )