SOLUTION: The function f(x) =x^2 +5x -6 is shifted 4 units to the left to create g(x). What is g(x)?

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Question 1140412: The function f(x) =x^2 +5x -6 is shifted 4 units to the left to create g(x). What is g(x)?
Answer by greenestamps(13200)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Replace "x" with "x+4".

You could do



and simplify; but it's probably easier to write f(x) in factored form and do the replacement.



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