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document.write( "If you have y = f(x) and you put a negative infront of f(x),<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you get y = -f(x)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You have changed the signs of all the y-values.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The graph has flipped over the x-axis.<BR>\n" );
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