Question

HELP? I don’t know the answer

Answer 1

ANSWER

It is horizontally compressed by a factor of 2 and reflected over the y-axis.

EXPLANATION

The parent function given to us is

$y = \sqrt{x}$

The parent function has been transformed to obtain

$y = \sqrt{ - 2x}$

This transformation is of the form:

$y = \sqrt{kx}$

If

$|k| > 1$

then,there is a horizontal compression by a factor of k.

Hence

$y = \sqrt{ - 2x}$

is horizontally compressed by a factor of 2.

Since -2<0, it is a reflection in the y-axis.

The correct choice is the last option.