Transformations on Square Root Functions

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What is the parent function of square root functions?

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Shifted left 2.

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Reflected over the x-axis, vertical stretch by 2, and shifted right 5.

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Shifted left 2 and down 4.

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It is a reflection over the x-axis, a vertical stretch by 3, a shift right by 2, and a shift up by 1.

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What does a negative sign in front of a square root function indicate?

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It indicates a reflection over the x-axis.

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What does a number greater than 1 in front of a square root function indicate?

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It indicates a vertical stretch.

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What does a number between 0 and 1 in front of a square root function indicate?

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It indicates a vertical compression.

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What does adding a constant outside the square root function do?

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It shifts the graph vertically.