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Hum/111 Week 2 The Reading Assignment

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This week, the most difficult part of the reading assignment was section 1.7 Transformations. While the beginning was easy enough for me to follow I soon started to become bogged down with the number of types. I counted seven definitions in the chapter, all rather long, that included vertical shifts, horizontal shifts, reflections, vertical scalings, horizontal scalings and transformations. I read the entire section at least five times and the examples, especially towards the end of the section, a few times more before understanding it well enough to at-tempt the exercises. The examples were really good and had an artistic quality about them which I found interesting. Thinking back on the reading it was the tables themselves that con-fused me and which I needed to follow close, and with greater thought, to really understand. Even though there’re meant to further comprehension, which after careful following they do, it took me a few read overs. Sometimes getting lost in all the x, (x,f(x)), f(x), g(x) = f(2x), etc.. overwhelmed me and I had to move forward and come back to it later. I will give credit as the section was well explained well by the authors.
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Most of it seemed like getting reacquainted with an old friend (or an old opponent one gains respect for) and still learn something new about them, and while it did seem daunting I got through it with a better understanding of the Quad Func (this would be a great name for a musical group or a DJ). Of course, like the unpredictable within the predictable form, she surprised me with the unexpected and difficult moves while dancing around my mathematical abilities. The examples and exercises in this section were good. very helpful and had examples of real-world

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