Answer to Question #147251 in General Chemistry for arjj

Question

Describe how the x- and y-coordinates of the given quadratic functions differ from the x- and y-coordinates of corresponding points of y=x^2

y=-1/2x^2-4

Answer 1

This means that for each point on the graph of y = x2, we draw a new point that is one half of the way from the x-axis to that point.