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Graphing by Transforming a Parent Graph Worksheet with Answer Key

5 problems on graphing by moving a parent graph (square, cube, square root, reciprocal): finding the new anchor, writing the rule in general form, making a table of image points, and fixing a student's graph of a reciprocal. 3 pages, with a worked answer key and a one-page lesson handout. Free to download, no sign-in.

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What's on the worksheet

  1. For each rule, give the new anchor (vertex, center, endpoint or asymptotes) of the moved parent.
    y = -4(x + 3)^2y = \dfrac{1}{6 - x} + 2y = 4 - \sqrt{2x + 6}y = -(2x - 1)^3 + 4
  2. Graph a moved cube function: write the rule in general form and make a table of image points.
  3. Graph a moved square root: factor the inside and explain the fractional image points.
  4. Decide which h and k values keep the graph of a square root in Quadrant I.
  5. Find the mistake in Jasmine's graph of a moved reciprocal and fix it.

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