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Question 866567: Can someone explain how this is done? Thanks!!
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39630)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"five times as tall", using y=x^2 as a standard, means instead of a=1 in y=ax^2, the "five times as tall" equation and graph become a=5. This makes the shape of the parabola narrower from left to right.
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