Answer the Question $f ( x ) = ( x - 2 ) ^ { 2 } - 7$

question 29

Short Answer

Answer the question.
-How can the graph of $f ( x ) = ( x - 2 ) ^ { 2 } - 7$
be obtained from the graph of $y = x ^ { 2 } ?$
A) Shift it 2 units horizontally to the right. Shift it vertically 7 units downward.
B) Shift it 2 units horizontally to the left. Shift it vertically 7 units downward.
C) Shift it 2 units horizontally to the left. Shift it vertically 7 units upward.
D) Shift it 7 units horizontally to the right. Shift it vertically 2 units downward.

• A) Shift it 2 units horizontally to the right. Shift it vertically 7 units downward.
• B) Shift it 2 units horizontally to the left. Shift it vertically 7 units downward.
• C) Shift it 2 units horizontally to the left. Shift it vertically 7 units upward.
• D) Shift it 7 units horizontally to the right. Shift it vertically 2 units downward.

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Definitions:

Action Potential

Change in membrane potential in an excitable tissue that acts as an electric signal and is propagated in an all-or-none fashion.

Atria Contract

refers to the phase in the cardiac cycle when the atria (upper chambers of the heart) contract to push blood into the ventricles.

Plateau Phase

Prolongation of the depolarization phase of a cardiac muscle cell membrane; results in a prolonged refractory period.

Cardiac Muscle Cell

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