Exponential graphs are graphs in the form \(y = k^x\). These graphs increase rapidly in the \(y\) direction and will never fall below the \(x\)-axis.

A translation is a movement of the graph either horizontally parallel to the \(x\)-axis or vertically parallel to the \(y\)-axis. The graph of \(f(x) = x^2\) is the same as the graph of \(y = x^2\).