Q. The parabola y=x2 is shifted up by 4 units.What is the equation of the new parabola?y=
Understand Effect of Shift: Understand the effect of shifting a graph vertically.Shifting a graph up or down is equivalent to adding or subtracting a constant from the y-value of the function.
Apply Vertical Shift: Apply the vertical shift to the original equation.The original equation of the parabola is y=x2. To shift the graph up by 4 units, we add 4 to the y-value of the function.y=x2+4
Write Final Equation: Write the final equation of the new parabola.The new equation, after shifting the original parabola up by 4 units, is y=x2+4.