document.write( "Question 516681: please help me solve this problem
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Pick a value for x. Substitute that value into the function and then calculate the value of the function. Create an ordered pair consisting of the value you chose for x and the resulting value of the function you calculated. Plot the point represented by the ordered pair.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Repeat as often as you like until you get a sense of the shape of the curve.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Draw a smooth curve through your plotted points. Note that if x = 0 then f(x) = 0 and that this is the vertex of your parabola. Also, your parabola is symmetrical to the y-axis.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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