How to find transformation for an analytic geometry equation - Geometry

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Let f(x) = -2x2 + 3x - 5. If g(x) represents f(x) after it has been shifted to the left by three units, and then shifted down by four, which of the following is equal to g(x)?

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We are told that g(x) is found by taking f(x) and shifting it to the left by three and then down by four. This means that we can represent g(x) as follows:

g(x) = f(x + 3) - 4

Remember that the function f(x + 3) represents f(x) after it has been shifted to the LEFT by three, whereas f(x - 3) represents f(x) after being shifted to the RIGHT by three.

f(x) = -2x2 + 3x - 5

g(x) = f(x + 3) - 4 = \[-2(x+3)2 + 3(x+3) - 5\] - 4

g(x) = -2(x2 + 6x + 9) + 3x + 9 - 5 - 4

g(x) = -2x2 -12x -18 + 3x + 9 - 5 - 4

g(x) = -2x2 - 9x - 18 + 9 - 5 - 4

g(x) = -2x2 - 9x - 18

The answer is -2x2 - 9x - 18.

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