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Translation is moving a graph to the left or right, up or down (or both).

Given a quadratic equation of the form y = ax^2 + bx + c, if you substitute

u = x - p and v = y - q

then the graph of v against u will be the same as the x-y graph, translated to the left by p and downwards by q.

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