SOLUTION: Consider these functions: y= 2x-13/x-5 and y= 3x+11/x+3 a. Rewrite each rational function to show how it is a transformation of y= 1/x b. describe the transformation of the graph

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Question 822022: Consider these functions: y= 2x-13/x-5 and y= 3x+11/x+3
a. Rewrite each rational function to show how it is a transformation of y= 1/x
b. describe the transformation of the graph of y= 1/x that will produce graphs of the equation

Answer by jsmallt9(3758)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First of all, please put parentheses around numerators and denominators, especially if they are not just a positive integer or variable. What you posted meant:

which is not a transformation from y = 1/x. What you meant must have been

which should be posted as:
y= (2x-13)/(x-5)

For part a we will start by using long division to divide:
               2
        __________
x - 5  / 2x - 13
         2x - 10
        --------
              -3
So now we have:

Now we'll move some things around to make the transformations more obvious:


Let f(x) = 1/x. Then we can write:


Part b. The transformations:Here's what the graphs look like (your function in red, f(x) = 1/x in green):


I'll leave the other function for you to do.

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