\chapter{Functions and graphs} \section{Basic Functions and simple transformations}
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Answer the questions in your own words. \begin{enumerate} \item How are the graphs of the following functions obtained from the graph of \(f(x)\)? \[ \begin{array}{cccc} \mbox{a. } 3f(x) & \mbox{b. } f(3x) & \mbox{c. } \displaystyle{\frac{1}{3}f(x)} & \mbox{d. } \displaystyle{f\left(\frac{x}{3}\right)} \end{array} \] \item Describe in words how the graph of the function \(2f(x-1)-3\) is obtained from the graph of \(f(x)\) \item Suppose \(f(x)\) is stretched horizontally by \(a\). What can you say about the resulting vertical stretching or compression? \item Suppose \(P=(3,-1)\) is the vertex of a transformed square function, and \(Q=(6,10)\) is another point on the graph. What is the vertical stretching or compression for the transformed graph? \item Suppose \(P\) and \(Q\) are as in the previous question, but the parent function is the absolute value function. What is the vertical stretching or compression? \item Suppose now the parent function is the square root function, and you have worked out from the two points \(P\) and \(Q\) that there is a vertical stretch by 4. What is the corresponding horizontal compression? \item The graph of the parent cube function is compressed horizontally by 3, then it is reflected across the \(x\)-axis, then it is shifted down by 5. What is the equation of the transformed graph? \end{enumerate}
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