SOLUTION: What does putting a negative sign in front of the equation do?

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Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What does putting a negative sign in front of the equation do?
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If you have y = f(x) and you put a negative infront of f(x),
you get y = -f(x)
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You have changed the signs of all the y-values.
The graph has flipped over the x-axis.
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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