Question

What will be the parent function related to the function y=3(x+2)^4?

Answer 1

`\bf ~\hspace{10em}\textit{function transformations} \\\\\\ \begin{array}{llll} f(x)= A( Bx+ C)^2+ D \\\\ f(x)= A√( Bx+ C)+ D \\\\ f(x)= A(\mathbb{R})^( Bx+ C)+ D \end{array}\qquad \qquad \begin{array}{llll} f(x)=\cfrac{1}{A(Bx+C)}+D \\\\\\ f(x)= A sin\left( B x+ C \right)+ D \end{array} \\\\[-0.35em] ~\dotfill\\\\ \bullet \textit{ stretches or shrinks horizontally by } A\cdot B\\\\ \bullet \textit{ flips it upside-down if } A\textit{ is negative}`

`\bf ~~~~~~\textit{reflection over the x-axis} \\\\ \bullet \textit{ flips it sideways if } B\textit{ is negative}\\ ~~~~~~\textit{reflection over the y-axis} \\\\ \bullet \textit{ horizontal shift by }( C)/( B)\\ ~~~~~~if\ ( C)/( B)\textit{ is negative, to the right}\\\\ ~~~~~~if\ ( C)/( B)\textit{ is positive, to the left}`

`\bf \bullet \textit{ vertical shift by } D\\ ~~~~~~if\ D\textit{ is negative, downwards}\\\\ ~~~~~~if\ D\textit{ is positive, upwards}\\\\ \bullet \textit{ period of }(2\pi )/( B)`

in short, the parent function for y = 3(x + 2)⁴ is simply y = x⁴, the 3 and the +2 are just transformations of it, the 3 makes it shrink horizontally and the +2 moves it to the left 2 units.