document.write( "Question 610568: What are the different equations for the different forms of a line (ex. linear, quadratic, exponential, absolute value, etc.)? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Here are what are sometimes called the \"CLASSIC functions\", because\r\n" );
document.write( "each starts with a letter of the word \"CLASSIC\". \r\n" );
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document.write( "C is for the CUBING function.          y = x³\r\n" );
document.write( "L is for the LINEAR functions.         y = mx + b\r\n" );
document.write( "A is for the ABSOLUTE VALUE function   y = |x|\r\n" );
document.write( "S is for the SQUARING finction         y = x²\r\n" );
document.write( "S is for the SQUARE ROOT function      y = \"sqrt%28x%29\"\r\n" );
document.write( "I is for the IDENTITY function         y = x\r\n" );
document.write( "C is for the CUBE ROOT function        y = \"root%283%2Cx%29\" \r\n" );
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document.write( "All CLASSIC functions except the LINEAR function go through \r\n" );
document.write( "(0,0) and (1,1).  Some also go through (-1,1), and some go \r\n" );
document.write( "through (-1,-1).\r\n" );
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document.write( "The CUBING function y = x³ looks like this \"graph%28100%2C100%2C-2%2C2%2C-2%2C2%2Cy=x%5E3%29\" It also goes through (1,-1)\r\n" );
document.write( "The LINEAR function y = mx+b can represent any line with slope m and y-intercept (0,b)\r\n" );
document.write( "The ABSOLUTE VALUE function y = |x| looks like this \"graph%28100%2C100%2C-2%2C2%2C-2%2C2%2Cy=abs%28x%29%29\" It also goes through (-1,1)\r\n" );
document.write( "The SQUARING function y = x² looks like this \"graph%28100%2C100%2C-2%2C2%2C-2%2C2%2Cy=x%5E2%29\" It also goes through (-1,1)\r\n" );
document.write( "The SQUARE ROOT function y = \"sqrt%28x%29\" looks like this \"graph%28100%2C100%2C-2%2C2%2C-2%2C2%2Cy=sqrt%28x%29%29\" It goes thru (1,1) but stops at the origin.\r\n" );
document.write( "The IDENTITY function y = x looks like this \"graph%28100%2C100%2C-2%2C2%2C-2%2C2%2Cy=x%29\" It also goes through (-1,-1)\r\n" );
document.write( "The CUBE ROOT function y = \"root%283%2Cx%29\" looks like this  It also goes through (-1,1)\r\n" );
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document.write( "All the CLASSIC functions except the linear function necessarily go through\r\n" );
document.write( "(0,0) and (1,1).\r\n" );
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