What are the steps to performing the following transformation and then graphing it?
Transformation: compress f(x) = |2x| - 3 vertically by a factor of 1/4.
Take |x|
shrink it horizontally by a factor of 2: |2x|
shift it down 3: |2x|-3
Now shrink it vertically by a factor of 4: (|2x|-3)/4
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