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document.write( "(-2,-8),(0,-2),(4,-62)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks Aaron. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(-2,-8),(0,-2),(4,-62) <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the form ax^2 + bx + c = y<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "With each of the points, substitute the corresponding x and y values<BR>\n" );
document.write( "into the form to get three equations in three unknowns: a, b, and c.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then solve the systerm for a, b, and c.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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