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How do graphs of y = 1/x and y = 5/(x+6) compare? Enter your answer and show all the steps that you use to solve this problem

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\begin{gathered} y=(1)/(x) \\ \end{gathered}

We use values of x= -3 o 3


\begin{gathered} x=-3 \\ y=-(1)/(3) \\ x=-2 \\ y=-(1)/(2) \\ x=0 \\ y=undefined \\ x=1 \\ y=(1)/(1)=1 \\ x=3 \\ y=(1)/(3) \end{gathered}

We will now plot the graph of


y=(5)/(x+6)

using the points of x=-10,-9,-8,-3,-2,-1,1


\begin{gathered} x=-3 \\ y=(5)/(-3+6) \\ y=(5)/(3) \\ x=-2 \\ y=(5)/(4) \\ x=-1 \\ y=(5)/(5)=1 \\ x=0 \\ y=\text{ undefined} \\ x=1 \\ y=(5)/(7) \\ x=2 \\ y=(5)/(8) \\ x=(5)/(9) \end{gathered}

Together, they will look like this;

Hence, a possible solution is;


y=(2)/(3),\:x=(3)/(2),\:\quad \:x\\e \:0,\:x\\e \:-6

The graphs compare thus;

From the first and second graphs, we can see that they intersect at a point (1.5, 0.667).

Both graphs have the same shape but the following differences:

By looking at the graph we can see that the graph of y=5(x+6) is translated six units to the left with respect to the graph of y=1/x.

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