document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=184692>Question 184692</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130519685/algebrahomeworkh>Algebra 2 with trigonometry</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this y= 1/4|x|.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "my data is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x|y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1,1/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2,1/12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0,0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-1,1/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2,1,2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I need help on how to plot the fractions?!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "please and thankyou! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Fractions are just like any other numbers, though you might have to estimate because they might not fall on a grid line on your graph paper.  What I don't get is how you managed to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y = \frac{1}{12}\"> when <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x = 2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Your function has to be:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  y = \left(\frac{1}{4}\right)|x| \">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rather than\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  y = \frac{1}{4|x|}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Which is a valid interpretation of what you wrote except for the fact that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x = 0\"> yields <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y = 0\">.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Given that,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  x = 2 \ \ \Rightarrow\ \ y = \left(\frac{1}{4}\right)|2| = \frac{2}{4} = \frac{1}{2}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I don't know what -2,1,2 means as your last table entry.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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