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Algebra.Com's Answer #384763 by ashipm01(26) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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To graph the function $\"f%28x%29+=+-x%5E2\"$ , you can start by evaluating various points on the graph and plotting those points. For example, if you construct a table similar to:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x | -x^2
\n" ); document.write( "--------------
\n" ); document.write( "-2 | -4
\n" ); document.write( "-1 | -1
\n" ); document.write( "0 | 0
\n" ); document.write( "1 | -1
\n" ); document.write( "2 | -4\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "That should be good enough for this graph since there is one critical point on this function, namely f(0) = 0. As x approaches either positive infinity or negative infinity, the function value, f(x), approaches negative infinity.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"graph%28800%2C+600%2C+-5%2C+5%2C+-25%2C+1%2C+-x%5E2%29\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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