How is the graph of $g (x) = - 3 x^{2}$ $g(x)=-3x^2$ related to the graph of $f (x) = x^{2}$ $f(x)=x^2$ ?

Question

5268 views around the world

You can reuse this answer
Creative Commons License

Answer 1 · 2017-07-08T14:33:56

Two transformations

A reflection in the x axis accounts for the minus sign and because there's a 3 there, it is a stretch in the y direction scale factor 3.

How is the graph of g(x)=−3x2g(x)=-3x^2 related to the graph of f(x)=x2f(x)=x^2?