Question

Which statement describes the translation of y = -1 over 5(x + 5)2 + 2 from standard position?

Answer 1

Moved up and to the right.
Moved up and to the left.
Moved down and to the left.
Moved down and to the right.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

just to clarify, should this be:

or did i misinterpret that?

Answer 4

y=-1/5(x+5)2 + 2

Answer 5

and after the parenthesis closes it is squared 2

Answer 6

ahhh okay, so

y= (-1/5)*(x+5)^2 + 2

Well, the (x+5) would shift it 5 units to the left

I always think of what value of x would be needed to get 0 to determine which direction this shifts the function. In this case, to get the (x+5) to equal 0, x would need to be -5.
-5 is a shift of 5 to the left from 0

finally the +2 at the end would shift the function up 2.

the -1/5 out in front would flatten and flip the parabola a bit, but wouldn't contribute to a translation