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Horizontal dilation

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

A multiplicative transformation that stretches or compresses a function's graph horizontally by a factor of 1/b, represented by g(x) = f(bx) where b ≠ 0.

AP course connection

Topic 1.12: 1.12 Transformations of Functions

Unit 1

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