How can you tell which symmetric with respect to the y axis

A graph is said to be symmetric with the y-axis if, for any point (x, y), there exists a point (-x, y) on the graph.
In this case, when x is replaced with -x, the equation remains unchanged.
Thus, for symmetry with respect to the y-axis,
[tex]f(x,y)\text{ = f(-x, y)}[/tex]