document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=650370>Question 650370</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I'm helping my daughter and we have to graph using order pairs which we understand. The question is we have to write an equation for the following rule.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y is equal to 4 less than x squared. ?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We got y= x to the second power - 4 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "To write an equation for Y is equal to 4 less than x squared, we need to see that y is four less. This is equal in mathamatical terms: -4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "No we put in our x squared before the -4, it looks like this:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps you and your daughter.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Dr. Sheldon Cooper </SPAN>\n" );
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