We can sort transformations of graphs into two types -xtransformations or y transformations. Anything else is a combinationof an x transformation followed by a y transformation or vice versa.
A transformation is an x transformation if it is anargument of a function on the right hand side, or if it can bewritten in brackets without looking like nonsense. For instance,these are some x transformations:
x transformations are always counter – intuitive..Totransform
youmight think you scale by 2 in the x direction. THIS IS WRONG!!! Youscale by
Yourgraph becomes compressed in the x – direction, not expanded. And totransform
youdo not subtract 2 from all the x's, hence moving the graph left. Youadd 2 to all the s's and move the graph right.
Y transformations are easier.
impliescorrectly, a scaling by 2 in the y direction. Notice the differencebetween sin2x or sin(2x) which is an x transformation and 2sinx ,which is a y transformation. These are some more examples of ytransformations:
y transformations are always intuitive. Totransform
youmove the graph up 1, and for
wescale by 4 in the y direction.
Sometimes we can have a combination of transformations:
representsa scaling by 3 in the y direction FOLLOWED by a movement up 2. Itwould be wrong to do it the other way round.
representsa scaling of 3 in the y direction and a scaling by
inthe x direction. This is illustrated above.