OCR C1 — Question 4

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleC1 (Core Mathematics 1)
TopicFunction Transformations
TypeIdentify transformation from equations

4. The curve \(C\) has the equation \(y = ( x - a ) ^ { 2 }\) where \(a\) is a constant. Given that $$\frac { \mathrm { d } y } { \mathrm { dx } } = 2 x - 6 ,$$
  1. find the value of \(a\),
  2. describe fully a single transformation that would map \(C\) onto the graph of \(y = x ^ { 2 }\).