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

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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) About Me  (Show Source):
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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