document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=39452>Question 39452</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Describe in words the graph below.  Include in your description the shape, along with other possible relevant information such as length, width, and center points.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = x^2 - x </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "We know that this is a parabola, so it is \"U-shaped\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The length and width will always increase as the x-values increase.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The vertex is: (-b/2a , f(x)) = (1/2 , -1/2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Latus Rectum (the distance from one point on the parabola across the foci to another point on the parabola) = |1/a| = |1/1| So we know this parabola is  skinny.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The distance from the foci to the vertex (also known as the distance from the Directix to the vertex) = (1/(4a)) = (1/4) </SPAN>\n" );
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