How do graphs of y=1/x and y=5 / (x+6) compare? I know the second graph shifts to left by 6 units but does it move down and how many units?

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Darnell Ellis

26 February, 21:10

How do graphs of y=1/x and y=5 / (x+6) compare? I know the second graph shifts to left by 6 units but does it move down and how many units?

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Rudy Jennings · Answer 1

By multiplying the first function with number 5, the graph will stretch by the order of five, meaning that in the second graph every value of the x will correspond to the 5 times bigger value of y than in the first case. Due to the + 6 component, the second graph shifts to the left by 6 units.