What effect does "h" have on the parent function y = 1/x?

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surana · Answer

$$y=\frac{ 1 }{ x }$$

perl · Answer

Do you mean f(x-h)

perl · Answer

$$\Large f(x-h) = \frac{1}{x-h}  $$

surana · Answer

Uh, no. The problem just says to find what H does to y=1/x, and it doesn't show that.

perl · Answer

what is h?

surana · Answer

Honestly, I don't know.

mathmate · Answer

@perl 's interpretation is the most likely one.
Are you working on transformation of functions, such as rotations, translations, dilations, etc.?

surana · Answer

Radical Functions.

surana · Answer

Regrettably, I must leave. I will come back to this at a later time to finish working with this, although you are free to leave an explanation on your point of view regarding the question if you wish. Thanks.

mathmate · Answer

In a function
f(x)
the transformation
f(x)->f(x-h) will translate the graph of the function h units to the right.
f(x)->f(x)+k will translate the graph of the function k units up.
I suggest you review your notes to get the most out of help here.