Which phrase best describes the translation from the graph y = (x – 5)2 + 7 to the graph of y = (x + 1)2 – 2?

In vertex form, y = (x − h)² + k has vertex (h, k). The first graph has vertex (5, 7), and the second has vertex (−1, −2). Moving from (5, 7) to (−1, −2) shifts 6 units left and 9 units down, so the phrase is “6 units left and 9 units down.”

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