Use the image to answer the question.
Two parabolas drawn on coordinate plane. X-axis range from negative 9 to 4 and y-axis range from negative 1 to 9 in unit increment.
Which of the following correctly determines how many k units the parent function y=x2 (shown as a solid line) was translated? The parent function was translated 6 units to the left. or this one The parent function was translated 5 units to the left.
The parent function y=x^2 was translated 5 units to the left.
This can be determined by observing that the vertex of the parabola is located at (-5, 0) which is 5 units to the left of the vertex of the original function y=x^2 which is at (0, 0).