Which phrase best describes the translation from the graph y = (x – 5)2 + 7 to the graph of y = (x + 1)2 – 2?
A.6 units left and 9 units down
B.6 units right and 9 units down
C.6 units left and 9 units up
D.6 units right and 9 units up

Question

Which phrase best describes the translation from the graph y = (x – 5)2 + 7 to the graph of y = (x + 1)2 – 2?
A.6 units left and 9 units down
B.6 units right and 9 units down
C.6 units left and 9 units up
D.6 units right and 9 units up

igreen · Answer

What do you think it is? https://www.desmos.com/calculator/kw04ze80qo

anonymous · Answer

is it D? idk this one is hard to tell.

igreen · Answer

No..you can tell.. the one at the top is the one that is being shifted..not the one at the bottom. If the one at the bottom was being shifted to the one at the top, then D would be correct. But we are shifting the top one to the bottom one.. so what will our answer be? https://www.desmos.com/calculator/p1myibvuqc

igreen · Answer

Um, you know D isn't your answer, right? @Abbydawn