Let f(x)=x3^2+5.
the quadratic function g(x) is f(x) translated 3 units up.
what will g(x) be?

     Anyways, translating any figure up or down is equivalent to adding the number of units you'll be increasing or decreasing to the entire statement. For instance, if you have h(x)=x^2 and you are going to translate this function to go down by 4 units to become the function k(x), you will decrease h(x) entirely by 4. In other words, k(x)= (h(x))+(-4). This is simplified to be k(x)= x^2-4, as the h(x) is now translated down by 4 units, where you can do this by subtracting 4 from h(x) as a whole. I hope this example helped you so far.