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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Ehhhhh i dont like graphs, but most people do. everytime i plug in some numbers and then graph it, it ends up to be a straight line instead of a U shape: Parabola\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Exploring Quadratic Graphs:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8. y = -1/3x^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "14. f(x) = x^2 + 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "18. y = -2x^2 + 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "please and thank you! you dont have to do all three. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "8. y = -1/3x^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If x = 0, y = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If x = 1, y = -1/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If x = -1, y = -1/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If x = 2, y = -4/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If x = -2, y = -4/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "etc.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "14. f(x) = x^2 + 2 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "If x = 0, y = 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If x = 1, y = 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If x =-1, y = 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If x = 2, y = 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If x =-2, y = 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "etc.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.\r<BR>\n" );
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