SOLUTION: Can you give a brief explanation as to how this graph represents {{{ y }}} as a function of {{{ x }}} ? Graph: https://s16.postimg.org/ma29dk58l/Math

SOLUTION: Can you give a brief explanation as to how this graph represents {{{ y }}} as a function of {{{ x }}} ? Graph: https://s16.postimg.org/ma29dk58l/Math_3.png Thanks

Question 1053263: Can you give a brief explanation as to how this graph represents as a function of ?
Graph: https://s16.postimg.org/ma29dk58l/Math_3.png
Thanks
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the equation shown is y^2(4-x) = x^3

divide both sides of the equation by (4-x) to get y^2 = x^3 / (4-x)

take the square root of both sides of the equation to get y = plus or minus sqrt(x^3 / (4-x)).

that equation looks like this:

y = plus or minus

the graph of that equation looks like this:

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