document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=641739>Question 641739</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Is this a straight line y=x^2-1   </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "No, it's not!! This is a parabola that opens upward, and which has its vertex at the coordinate point, (0, - 1), and axis of symmetry at x = 0.\r<BR>\n" );
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