How did you go about drawing this image? (Did you plan?

Did you use patterns, reflections of

lines? Did you experiment? Did you consult peers/teachers?)
I started out this image by tracing an image of a bike. I started with the circles of the wheels
and the frame. Once all the circles on the picture were traced, I started to work on the frame,
the y=x lines or the linear equations. Then I went on to the spokes. I saved the handlebars and
bike seat for last as those used the most difficult equations. I realized and figured out that once
I had a few lines or circles on the page it was easier to see where the others would be placed:
how much wider, longer or higher on the graph. I did reflect a little when I had one line or circle
that was the same as on the other side of the origin or graph. I could use the same equation
and only change the positive and negative signs. I did use a lot of experimentation to know
where to put the lines. If I didnt know what a function did or what variables would move the
line and how, I found that going to the extremes helped so that you could see the drastic
change and then plan accordingly to the drawing. During this project Ben really helped me, but
as I said; once I got a few functions down, it was easier to do.
How did using Desmos and creating this drawing help you understand function families and
their transformations? (Be sure to touch on at least two specific function families.)
Desmos helped me to understand the basic functions more and what the specific variables did. I
began to see a pattern and realize when that when I wanted to move a line or function to the
left or right I would change h, when I wanted to move something up I would change k and a
and m changed the slope. I really started to understand more of what I had to change by the
time I was done making the picture. The quadratic equation for me I actually needed to have it
be horizontal so instead of doing y=a(x-h)2 +k, I used x=a(y-h)2 +k and that made it horizontal
then I changed the negative or positive signs depending on which way I wanted it to face. I
figured this out purely by just playing around and critically thinking my way through the logics
of it. When I was working with my linear functions I found that sometimes I would go really high
up in numbers with b (y=mx+b )to get it to be at the angle I wanted, I tried to figure out why it
would make such a high jump, it is still slightly confusing but I was able to change some of them
to a negative slope and that made b much smaller. I now understand that the angles or slopes
of lines have to do everything with b. Mostly this project taught me about what each function
was for and what the variables do and how they change.