document.write( "Question 1181829: I need help translating the line. My answer is the blue line, and the original is the black one. I don't think I am correct, but I'd like to make sure please.\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #811771 by greenestamps(13198)\"\" \"About 
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\n" ); document.write( "The given function is y=x^3:

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\n" ); document.write( "Changing \"x\" to \"x-4\" moves the graph 4 units to the right:

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\n" ); document.write( "It is important to note that in your graph you used the \"x-4\" to shift the graph 4 units to the left, which is not correct.

\n" ); document.write( "One way to see that the translation has to be to the right is to note that (in this example) the function value for f(x) is 0 at x=0; that means the translated function has to have the value 0 when (x-4) is 0 -- which is when x is 4. So the zero of the function (and thus the whole graph) moved 4 units to the RIGHT.

\n" ); document.write( "Adding the \"-1\" shifts the graph down 1 unit:

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