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Answer 1

first
is that x squared? or 2x?

Answer 2

oh sorry yes it is

Answer 3

its x squared?

Answer 4

awesome now lets go to a graphing calculator, have one?

Answer 5

no, I don't :'(

Answer 6

not a problem, we can find an online graphing calculator easily enough.

Answer 7

thank you :)

Answer 8

lets go to desmos.com/calculator

Answer 9

ok

Answer 10

now
you're going to want to type your equation into the calculator

Answer 11

ok i'm still waiting on it
to load

Answer 12

now is this question you typed the exact question?

Answer 13

http://www.mathsisfun.com/sets/function-transformations.html this explains a lot about quadratics and the transformation of the graphs

Answer 14

yes it is, it;s working now :D

Answer 15

unfortunately with my knowledge i don't know if you can translate by x^2 for it is a function

Answer 16

I put the equation in

Answer 17

really?

Answer 18

give me a second @ashleyisakitty

Answer 19

it's okay , how about this one y = (x – 3)^2 + 1 and transform y=x^2

Answer 20

its easy to graph the first part its the how to graph "transfor Y=x^2

Answer 21

oh yes, the first part wasn't giving me any trouble it was the second part

Answer 22

how would I graph that?

Answer 23

is it asking you to describe to transformation?

Answer 24

transformations on the graph y = x^2.

Answer 25

nothing more than that

Answer 26

well if its asking you to describe the transformation, which it seems like it could. your answer would be flip over x axis and vertical stretch of 2

Answer 27

how would I do that?
btw thank you for taking out your time to help me, I really appreciate it, they're aren't that many people like you in the world.

Answer 28

you don't graph it after you graph it you describe it.

Answer 29

okay I'll try that, thank you very much :)