document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=388449>Question 388449</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Graph the parabola<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=(x+1)^2-1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I found the vertex to be (-1,-1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "axis is -1 and a=1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But I don't remember how to find the points. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y=(x+1)^2-1 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "I found the vertex to be (-1,-1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "axis is -1 and a=1 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "But I don't remember how to find the points.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You need three points to determine a parabola.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You have the vertex at (-1,-1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The y-intercept ?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let x = 0, then y = (0+1)^2-1 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That gives you point (0,0)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The x-intercept ?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let y = 0 and solve for \"x\" to get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(0,0) and (-2,0)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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