How do you sketch the graph of $y=x^2-10$ and describe the transformation?

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Answer 1 · 2017-07-04T15:58:04

See explanation.

You can get the graph $y=x^2-10$ by first drawing $y=x^2$ and then translating it by $10$ units down.

graph{(y-x^2)(y-x^2+10)=0 [-10, 10, -15, 15]}

How do you sketch the graph of y=x^2-10y=x^2-10 and describe the transformation?