SOLUTION: The graph of y=x^2 undergoes a transformation: A scaling with scale factor 2 along the x-axis. What is the resulting graph?

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Question 1091898: The graph of y=x^2 undergoes a transformation:
A scaling with scale factor 2 along the x-axis.
What is the resulting graph?

Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Scaling means shrinking or magnifying the function.
scale along the x-axis: if the value of a constant is greater than one, graph will shrink,and if the value between and will magnify it in x-direction



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