If a graph of a function has a line of symmetry, the function be even about line. This means that if the function is transformed so that the line becomes the y axis, we will be able to writewhere
for some number
Supposeshown below.
The graph has a vertical line of symmetry with equation
Suppose we writethen
so that the line
is the line
Write
then
and
is even so
or
is a line of symmetry.