College Algebra & Trigonometry, 2018a

4.4. TRANSFORMATIONS 209
The graph of y =2f(x) would look like this:
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
−8 −6 −4 −2 −2 2 4 6 8
−4
−6
−8
In a similar way, multiplying by a number less than 1 would compress the graph.
The graph for y = 1 f(x) is below:
2
8
6
4
2
−8 −6 −4 −2
−2
2 4 6 8
−4
−6
−8