MAT 113 Course Level Assessment

Reading Assignment Part 2

Tejay Greenwood
MAT 113
1. Explanation/Comprehension In your own words, describe the goal of this
assignment. To accomplish this, classify the problem that is asked of you and
describe your plan of action.
For this project we have to describe the four different transformations of the graphs for
part two, and identify their new algebraic functions. Then we must answer the five
questions on the second paper (this paper). The goal of this project is for us to develop
our skills in identifying and breaking down transformations of functions, and being able
to explain how we arrived at our conclusions. To solve the problems on the second sheet
I first decide if there are any reflections, if there are I flip the original line accordingly;
then I shift the line. As I do that I will record how many places I had to shift the line, and I
alter the original equation to accommodate the transformation.
2. Assumptions In general, what do you know about transformations? To accomplish
this, identify all the properties you learned about transformations.
The properties that I have learned pertaining to transformations are shifts, reflections,
and stretches/shrinks. There are two types of shifts: vertical and horizontal. For vertical
shifts you do as the equation says, the identifier for vertical shifts is outside of the
parenthesis. The identifier for horizontal shifts is inside of the parenthesis, and you do
the opposite of what that says. I learned that for reflections, the identifier is either a
negative f(x) for reflections across the x-axis, and for reflections across the y-axis they
identifier is a negative x inside the parenthesis. There are two types of stretches and
shrinks, vertical and horizontal. For vertical shrinks the identifier is before the f(x) , if it is
taller than the number will be larger than one, and if it shrinks then the number will be
bigger than zero and smaller than one (a fraction). For horizontal the identifier will be
inside of the parenthesis and before the x. If the line is going to stretch the number will
be bigger than zero and smaller than one (a fraction). If the line is going to shrink the
number will be larger than one.
3. Position Explain the thought process you used to reach your conclusions. How did
you reach your conclusion? What specific evidence led you to your conclusion(s)? To
accomplish this, apply the general rules you explained in #2 to describe what is
happening to the given transformed graphs and how you determined each graphs
corresponding algebraic functions. Explain your thought process for each of the
transformed graphs.
For graph one I counted from the dot at the left end of the blue graph to the same
location on the red graph and found that it was up two spaces and to the left one space.

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MAT 113 Course Level Assessment

Reading Assignment Part 2

For graph 2 I drew where I believed the reflected graph (about the x axis) would
originally be and proceeded to repeat the same process I used in graph one for the
second graph, and came to the conclusion of down one and left one.
For the third graph I drew a reflection (about the x axis) of the blue graph and repeated
the same process, coming to the conclusion of up 4.
For the fourth graph however, after I repeated the same process (about the y axis), I ran
into the issue that the diagonal end of the graph is twice as long. To compensate for that
I thought the graph had a vertical stretch that made it twice as long as the original
graph. I decided this because the first graphs diagonal piece spanned 4 spaces, while the
red graphs spanned 8.
4. Conclusions Type the algebraic expression you found for each of the transformed
graphs. To accomplish this, combine all the parts above to arrive at a consistent,
reasonable, and appropriate solution. Make sure to check your conclusions and type
your solution with proper mathematical form.
Graph 1: y=f(x+1)+2

Graph 2: y=-f(x+1)-1

Graph 3: y=-f(x)+4

Graph 4: y=2f(-x)-4

5. Analysis Throughout the course you are going to learn about different types of
functions. How might you use transformations to graph those functions most
efficiently?
To graph the various different types of functions that we will be covering in class I would
probably find it easiest to take multiple points that are on a vertex and transform those
points, I would then re-create the transformed graph using those points as an outline.
I, Tejay Greenwood, completed this assignment on my own. The only resources
I used/consulted were the class notes, textbook, Part 1 of this assignment, and
my MAT 113 instructor. Failure to include this statement with my name will
result in a grade of 0 for this assignment.

Spring 2015
2, 3, 4

SLO 1,