Question

your friend hand's you a graph of the performance stats of the newest car to roll off the assembly line. he says " i know this is a translated graph of either x^3 or x^4, but i cant figure out which one ". explain to your friend how to tell of it is an even or odd function, and how to determine the amount the graph has been translated.

Answer 1

if the function is odd, then the portion of the graph that is on the -x axis portion, will have negative y values.

Answer 2

https://www.desmos.com/calculator/4lj7itsrrq

Answer 3

so my official answer would be..

to tell if a function is odd, the portion of the graph that is on the x-axis portion will have negative y values.

Answer 4

wait don't i have to explain how the graph was translated

Answer 5

haha, ya, but use your own words

Answer 6

ya, you do need to explain how the graph was translated

Answer 7

Im not sure on that part....

Answer 8

@jdoe0001

Answer 9

i see

Answer 10

@agent0smith

Answer 11

anyone have advice?

Answer 12

If you know what an x^3 or x^4 graph looks like, you can find where it's translated to by finding how far up/down and left/right the "center" part of the graph is (the part where x=0 for a normal x^3 or x^4)

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