Question

For the parent function y=sqrt/x what effect does a value of b = 5 have on the graph?

Answer 1

what is b?

Answer 2

what do you mean for b? Do you mean x?

Answer 3

idk, thats all the information they gave me

Answer 4

Also, sqrt/x is not anything, unless you mean sqrt(1/x)?

Answer 5

\[y=\sqrt{x}\]

Answer 6

what does it mean by b = 5?

Answer 7

is that adding 5 on to the end?

Answer 8

\[\sqrt{x} + 5?\]

Answer 9

I think it is adding on a 5 to the end, since he is looking at a graph and a common formula is y=mx+b

Answer 10

i think they want me to say if it will shift up or to the right?..