I'll assume you meantand not , which is what you wrote meant because you didn't put the exponent in parentheses and so the +6 didn't get included in the exponent when you don't put parentheses to include it. Start with . I'll mark the point (1,2) and show what happens to that point: Domain (-oo,oo), Range (0,oo) Next replace x by x+6 which shifts the graph 6 units left. This is the graph is of . Notice that the point (1,2) shifts horizontally 6 units left to (-5,2): Domain (-oo,oo), Range (0,oo) Next multiply by -1, which reflects it into (across) the x-axis This is the graph of Notice that the point (-5,2) reflects across the x-axis to (-5,-2): Domain (-oo,oo), Range (-oo,0) Next multiply by 3 which stretches it vertically by a factor of 3. This is as if the graph were on a rubber sheet and we stretched the rubber sheet three times vertically. This is the graph of Notice that the point (-5,-2) stretches vertically by a factor of 3 to (-5,-6): Domain (-oo,oo), Range (-oo,0) Finally we add -1 which shifts it down 1 unit. Notice that the point (-5,-6) shifts vertically down to (-5,-7) This is the final graph: Domain (-oo,oo), Range (-oo,-1). Notice that the horizontal asymptote did not move until now. It moved from the x-axis (y=0) to the green dotted line y=-1: Edwin