ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Shift graph

Imagine you have a piece of paper with a line drawn on it. This line is called a graph. The graph helps you understand numbers and how they change.

Now, let's say you want to move the graph to the left or right (just like moving furniture in your room). This is called a shift in the graph. It's like picking up the entire graph and sliding it over.

When you shift a graph to the right, every point on the graph moves a little bit to the right. When you shift a graph to the left, every point on the graph moves a little bit to the left.

So, why would we want to shift a graph? Well, it helps us see changes in our data. For example, let's say we're tracking temperatures in a city. If we shift the temperature graph to the right, we can see how the temperatures have changed over time. If we shift the temperature graph to the left, we can see how the temperatures might change in the future.

Ultimately, shifting a graph helps us understand numbers better and see patterns that we might not have seen before.