Question

Which statement describes the translation of y= –5(x2 + 2) – 3 from standard position?
i need to know if its moves up or down and left or right

Answer 1

-3 means 3 units down

+2 i the tricky one, it lies; it means 2 units to the left

Answer 2

and the notation is a bit strange; is it typoed by chance?

Answer 3

the -5 is just streches the graph up and down; makes it look skinner

Answer 4

and the - part of the -5 flips if over the at the vertex