Determine whether a horizontal stretch of f(x)=x2 by a factor of 3 has the same effect as a vertical stretch by a factor of 9. Justify your answer.
Question 2
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For f(x)=∣x∣, is a horizontal shrink by a factor of 21 equivalent to a vertical stretch by a factor of 2? Explain.
Question 3
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Determine whether a horizontal stretch by a factor of 5 on f(x)=∣x∣ has the same effect as a vertical stretch by a factor of 51.
Question 4
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For f(x)=x2, is a horizontal compression by a factor of 41 equivalent to a vertical stretch by a factor of 16? Explain.
Question 5
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Find the vertical scale factor that makes a vertical stretch equivalent to a horizontal stretch of f(x)=x2 by a factor of 5.
Question 6
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For f(x)=x3, is a horizontal compression by a factor of 31 equivalent to a vertical stretch by a factor of 27? Justify your answer.
Question 7
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Determine the vertical scale factor equivalent to a horizontal stretch by a factor of 2 on f(x)=x3.
Question 8
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The height of a ball thrown vertically is modelled by h(t)=t2. If the time axis is horizontally stretched by a factor of 3, what vertical transformation on h produces the same effect on its graph?
Question 9
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Find the vertical scale factor equivalent to a horizontal stretch by 4 on f(x)=x.
Question 10
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A transformation on f(x)=x2 consists of a horizontal stretch by 2 followed by a vertical compression by 4. Show this is equivalent to a single transformation and identify it.
Question 11
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For f(x)=x4, find the horizontal stretch factor k that yields the same effect as a vertical stretch by 16.
Question 12
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Show generally for f(x)=xn that a horizontal stretch by a factor of k is equivalent to a vertical stretch by a factor of k−n.