Question

Which of the following describes the translation of the graph of y = x 2 to obtain the graph of y = -x 2 - 3?


reflect over the x-axis and shift left 3
reflect over the x-axis and shift down 3
reflect over the y-axis and shift down 3

Answer 1

The negative as a coefficient of the x^2 term reflects the graph over the x-axis.

Answer 2

And subtracting 3 outside of the x^2 shifts the whole graph down.

Answer 3

So it's B?

Answer 4

Yep :)

Answer 5

Thank you!!!