Question

Hi i really need help with this could u explain it to thanks

Which answer describes the transformation of f(x)=x2−1 to g(x)=(x+4)2−1 ?



a horizontal translation 4 units to the left

a vertical translation 4 units down

a horizontal translation 4 units to the right

a vertical stretch by a factor of 4

Answer 1

4 units to the left;
its something that you just have to wrap your head around, you can test it out by plotting the 2 graphs and seeing that this is true.