Transformations of Parent Functions Parent functions can be transformed to create other members in a family of graphs. vertical dilation (stretch) g(x) = a · f(x) if a > 1. is the graph of vertical dilation f(x) – (compression) if a 0 < < 1.
Transformations of Parent Functions Parent functions can be transformed to create other members in a family of graphs. g(x) = a · f(x) is the graph of f(x) – vertical dilation (stretch) if a > 1. vertical dilation (compression) if 0 < a < 1.