document.write( "Question 1130156: Hi can someone please help me with transformations:
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document.write( "It is a line OF THE DEGREE 4  like a parabola open downward.  Agree ?\r\n" );
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document.write( "The vertex is at x= 2.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, the line is shifted 2 units to the right from 0 (from zero).\r\n" );
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