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How would you graph y=f(x)-4? I am not sure how the original graph looks like y=f(x) either. Also, if i were to graph this using a graphing calculator, how would that be done?
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ZioX said:I think the answer kumar wants is:
You take the graph of f(x) and shift it down four units. (Assuming f:R->R).
Prim3 said:I think ZioX is right. From what I remember, f(x) is the same thing as y so it's saying (IMO): y = -4. So it would be shifted down 4 units and you should have a horizontal line.
Prim3 said:In a graphing calculator, you should graph this cristo: y = f(x) - 4 and you will get a straight line 4 units down. It's going to be a horizontal line and the coordinates would be: (0,-4). I tried it and that's what I got. Maybe I did it wrong but I'm not completely sure about it.
Prim3 said:Exactly. But, since he didn't specify what f(x) is, I took it as 0 as well and ended up with y = -4. Wouldn't that work then?
Prim3 said:I'm taking it as a 0 because he didn't specify any other number. If he had specified 1, 2, 3, 4 etc. then I have would've used that. When I was doing this in my homework, an exact question I came upon was y = f(x) - 6 and we had to assume that f(x) = 0 since f(x) wasn't defined.
It's like taking this equation: x^2 + 4x - 5. It's the same as: (1)^2 + 4(1) - 5 because x isn't defined so we take it for 1. Right? At least that's how I learned it.
I'd say it was x. If you're not told the value of x at which to evaluate the function, then you cannot just pick anything!Prim3 said:Also, for the 2nd part, if you had to say what x was without it being defined at all, what would you say?
As far as I know, when it's only a variable (be it x, a, b etc.), we take it as 1.