document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=195478>Question 195478</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> explain how you can tell whether a parabola opens upward, downward, to the left, or to the right </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The x^2 or y^2 term is the deciding element.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = x^2 opens upward<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -x^2 opens downward<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = y^2 opens to the right<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -y^2 opens to the left<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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