What value represents the horizontal translation from the graph of the parent function f of x is equal to x squared to the graph of the function g of x is equal to x minus 4 squared plus 2 ?

In vertex form, g(x) = (x − h)² + k shifts the parent graph y = x² horizontally by h units. Here, g(x) = (x − 4)² + 2, so the graph shifts 4 units to the right; the +2 is a vertical shift. The horizontal translation is 4, choice D.

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