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document.write( "Before we can do the transformations, we must change the \r\n" );
document.write( "form of the final result to show the shrinking and \r\n" );
document.write( "shifting required:\r\n" );
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document.write( "We factor 4 out in the parentheses in the denominator,\r\n" );
document.write( "in spite of the fact that it involve a fraction:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then we square the 4\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then we cancel the 2 into the 16\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then we consider the division by 8 as a multiplication\r\n" );
document.write( "by 1/8:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now we can begin the transformations:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Begin with this red graph: \r\n" );
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document.write( "Shift left by 3/4 by replacing  by \r\n" );
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document.write( "That's this green graph: \r\n" );
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document.write( "Shrink by a factor of 1/8, a shrink because 1/8 < 1\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's this blue graph: \r\n" );
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document.write( "Shift downward 1 unit by subtracting 1 from the whole right side:\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's this wine-colored graph at the bottom: \r\n" );
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