A curve with equation , where is a positive real constant, is transformed onto the curve with equation by a sequence of transformations.
- (a)
Describe fully, in terms of , the sequence of transformations.
- (b)
A point on with coordinates is mapped onto the point with coordinates on the curve with equation .
Find and in terms of and .
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5(a)
1. Identify the scaling transformation to simplify the $x$-coefficient inside the function.
Let the original curve be .
To change the coefficient of from to , we replace with . This corresponds to a scaling parallel to the -axis with a scale factor of .
The equation of the intermediate curve is:
2. Identify the subsequent translation to map the intermediate curve to $y = \mathrm{f}(x)$.
To transform the intermediate equation to , we need to replace with and with .
This corresponds to a translation by the vector .
The equation becomes:
- A scaling parallel to the -axis with a scale factor of .
- A translation by the vector .
5(b)
1. Find the corresponding point on the curve $y = \mathrm{f}(x)$.
Since the point lies on , substituting and into the equation gives:
This means that on the base curve , when the -coordinate is , the -coordinate is . Thus, the corresponding mapped point on is .
2. Determine the coordinates $(c,d)$ on the related curve $y = \frac{1}{\mathrm{f}(x)}$.
For the related curve , the point corresponding to will have the same -coordinate, meaning:
The -coordinate is simply the reciprocal of the -value on at this -coordinate:
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