SOLUTION: Graph y=x2-2x-2 NOTE-the two after the first x is an exponent

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Question 147611: Graph y=x2-2x-2
NOTE-the two after the first x is an exponent

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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In order to graph , we need to plot some points.


Let's find y when :


Start with the given equation.


Plug in .


Square to get .


Multiply and to get .


Multiply and to get .


Combine like terms.


So if , then .


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Let's find y when :


Start with the given equation.


Plug in .


Square to get .


Multiply and to get .


Multiply and to get .


Combine like terms.


So if , then .


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Let's find y when
(Note: you can start with any x-value):


Start with the given equation.


Plug in .


Square to get .


Multiply and to get .


Multiply and to get .


Combine like terms.


So if , then .


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Let's find y when :


Start with the given equation.


Plug in .


Square to get .


Multiply and to get .


Multiply and to get .


Combine like terms.


So if , then .


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Let's find y when :


Start with the given equation.


Plug in .


Square to get .


Multiply and to get .


Multiply and to get .


Combine like terms.


So if , then .


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Let's find y when :


Start with the given equation.


Plug in .


Square to get .


Multiply and to get .


Multiply and to get .


Combine like terms.


So if , then .


Let's find y when :


Start with the given equation.


Plug in .


Square to get .


Multiply and to get .


Multiply and to get .


Combine like terms.


So if , then .


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Now let's make a table of the values we just found.


Table of Values:


xy
-26
-11
0-2
1-3
2-2
31
46

Now let's plot the points:







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Now draw a curve through all of the points to graph :


Graph of

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