SOLUTION: I'm having trouble with when to distribute the - to the x in reflecting functions in a transformation composition

Question 917632: I'm having trouble with when to distribute the - to the x in reflecting functions in a transformation composition

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

1. Replacing "x" by "(-x)" in the right side reflects the graph in the y-axis.
2. Multiplying the entire right side by -1 reflects in the x-axis.

Edwin

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