MCR3U – Cycle 1 Functions and Transformations Date: __________________________

Lesson 1.5 – Horizontal & Vertical Translations

1. The base function has 6 key points. 2. Determine the key points for the functions defined by y = f ( x) + 3 and y = f ( x) − 4 .
List the points as ordered pairs in the chart. Graph the functions and state the domain and range.
f (x)
( x, y)

D: ___________________________ D: ___________________________ D: ___________________________

R: ___________________________ R: ___________________________ R: ___________________________

Our base function, y = f (x) , is displayed on the graph.

–10 –8 –6 –4 –2 2 4 6 8 10
x
–
2
–
4
–
6
3. Determine the key points for the functions defined by y = f ( x − 4) and y = f ( x + 5) . Describe the effect of c , in the function
Graph the functions and state the domain and range. y = f ( x − c) , on the base function y = f (x) .
f (x) y = f ( x − 4) f (x) y = f ( x + 5)
( x, y) ( x, y)
(−6,−3) (−6,−3)
(−4, 1) (−4, 1)
(−1,−1) (−1,−1)
(2,−1) (2,−1)
(3, 2) (3, 2)
(4, 1) (4, 1)

D: ___________________________ D: ___________________________

R: ___________________________ R: ___________________________
PUT IT ALL TOGETHER!
y Determine the key points for the function
defined by y = f ( x − 8) + 6 . Graph the
function and state the domain and range.
6 f (x) y = f ( x − 8) + 6
( x, y)
4
(−6,−3)
2 (−4, 1)
x (−1,−1)
–10 –8 –6 –4 –2 2 4 6 8 10
(2,−1)
–2
(3, 2)
–4 (4, 1)

–6 D: ___________________________

R: ___________________________
 (iii) state the domain & range
4. For f ( x) =
1
−2
(iii) state the domain & range
5. For g ( x) = 3x −1 − 4
x+4 D: ________________________ D: ________________________
, List the transformations
(i) (i) List the transformations
performed to f(x) performed to g(x)
R: ________________________ R: ________________________
state the domain & range state the domain & range of
of
(ii) use mapping and the key (ii) use mapping and the key
points of each function to points of each function to
sketch the transformed function sketch the transformed function

( x, y) ( x, y)