Using the number line shown, place a point at 4 and the opposite of 4 . Place a point at −2 and at the opposite of −2 . Place a
point at 0 . For parts (b) and (c), type each answer in the box below. b. Explain why the opposite of a positive number will always be a negative number. c. Explain why zero is its own opposite number.
Therefore multiplying x by a number between 0 and 1 creates a horizontal stretch, which looks like a vertical compression. That is, the parabola will be shorter/wideStep-by-step explanation:
