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College Algebra · Chapter 4

The Toolkit Functions

Nine graphs do almost all the work in this course. Learn these parent shapes once and every stretched, shifted, flipped function later is just one of them in a costume. Tap a graph to study it — then drag the slider to watch a single input travel through the machine.

Pick a function

Inputx = 1.5
Nine parent graphstap one below to begin

Compare them side by side