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World 1 · Functions & Limits · 6 min

Shifting & scaling

Transforming any graph

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Four moves reshape any graph: add to x to shift left/right, add to f to shift up/down, multiply f to stretch vertically, and flip a sign to reflect. Master these and one known curve becomes a hundred.

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Replacing f(x) with f(x) + 3 shifts the graph…

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