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C1 Soloman Paper C question

Hey.
Im having trouble doing questions (iii) and (iv).

I was able to do part ii and express in the form (x + a)^2 + b
But i dont understand how to get the translation.
I was only able to do part (iv) by differentiation to find the gradient, then find the formula that way.
Thanks


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Reply 1
Original post by SamuelN98
Hey.
Im having trouble doing questions (iii) and (iv).

I was able to do part ii and express in the form (x + a)^2 + b
But i dont understand how to get the translation.
I was only able to do part (iv) by differentiation to find the gradient, then find the formula that way.
Thanks


https://a9497d7f220e174d38d014b2b1d86a68bedc42a8.googledrive.com/host/0B1ZiqBksUHNYNExoNEtSS1ViN2c/for-OCR/Solomon%20C%20QP%20-%20C1%20OCR.pdf


We want to translate y=x2+2y = x^2 + 2 to y=(x3)2+2y = (x-3)^2 + 2 so we basically want the bit in the bracket to change from xx to x3x-3.

i.e: if f(x)=x2+2f(x) = x^2 + 2 then f(x3)=(x3)2+2f(x-3) = (x-3)^2 + 2. What does the translation f(x3)f(x-3) mean?

For (iv) think about what happens to the tangent.
Reply 2
Original post by thefatone
@Zacken help i have no idea what i'm doing either xD

since you already put y=x26x+11 y=x^2-6x+11 in the form (x + a)^2 + b (x3)2+2\left(x-3\right)^2 +2 i'm seeing the only difference which i'm seeing between the 2 equation is a -6x , not sure what to say for transformation

tbh i did part 4 by differentiation aswell ^-^


See my post above.
Original post by Zacken
See my post above.


dammit got ninja'd twice xD
i was gonna ask for help then you quote me xD

ok thanks :smile:
Reply 4
Original post by Zacken
We want to translate y=x2+2y = x^2 + 2 to y=(x3)2+2y = (x-3)^2 + 2 so we basically want the bit in the bracket to change from xx to x3x-3.

i.e: if f(x)=x2+2f(x) = x^2 + 2 then f(x3)=(x3)2+2f(x-3) = (x-3)^2 + 2. What does the translation f(x3)f(x-3) mean?

For (iv) think about what happens to the tangent.


Thanks.
Does the f(x) for transformation follow a similar rule for stretches in the axis
Is f(2x) a stretch scale factor 1/2 in the x direction?
(edited 8 years ago)
Reply 5
Original post by SamuelN98
Thanks.
Does the f(x) for transformation follow a similar rule for stretches.
Is f(2x) a stretch scale factor 1/2 in the x direction?


Yep.

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