SOLUTION: I'm experiencing great difficulty in trying to help my son graph the following equation: x=y^2-2y+1. Thank you very much.

Question 99072: I'm experiencing great difficulty in trying to help my son graph the following equation:
x=y^2-2y+1.
Thank you very much.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given equation

Factor the right side (note: if you need help with factoring, check out this solver)

Rewrite as

Take the square root of both sides

Add 1 to both sides

So our equation breaks into two parts

or

So the first part looks like this

and the second part looks like this

Putting them together we get

graph of

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