graphing y = 2(x - 2)^3 - 7 without a calculator

micheleab

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could you help me graph this function WITHOUT using a calculator:

y = 2(x - 2)^3 - 7

how would you find the intersection along the y axis without a calculator, and what would you do with the 2?
 
You must have seen the graph of y=x^3. Plot that first.

Step 1. Graph of y=2f(x) has the same shape as the graph of y=f(x), but compressed horizontally by a factor of 2.

To sketch y=2x^3, look at the graph of y=x^3, and compress it horizontally by a factor of 2, i.e. new y values are twice as big as they were in y=x^3 for the same x.

Step 2. Graph of y=g(x-2) has the same shape as the graph of y=g(x), but shifted 2 units to the right.

To sketch y=2(x-2)^3, shift your previous graph 2 units to the right.

Step 3. Graph of y=h(x)-7 has the same shape as the graph of y=h(x), but shifted vertically 7 units down.

To sketch y=2(x-2)^3 - 7, shift your previous graph 7 units down.
 
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