SOLUTION: what equation would shift the following parabola to the right 5 units f(x)=-7x^2+5?

Question 167717: what equation would shift the following parabola to the right 5 units f(x)=-7x^2+5?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you replace x with , then the entire parabola will shift 5 units.

Start with the given equation

Replace x with

FOIL

Distribute

Combine like terms

So the new equation (call it g(x)) that is shifted over 5 units to the right is

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