document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=652637>Question 652637</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> graph the horizontal parabola and give domain and range:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-1/2x=(y+3)^2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "-1/2x=(y+3)^2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is an equation of a parabola that opens leftwards.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Its standard form: (y-k)^2=-4p(x-h), (h,k)=(x,y) coordinates of the vertex<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For given problem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(y+3)^2=1/2x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "vertex: (0,-3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Domain: (-&#8734;, 0]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Range: (-&#8734;,&#8734;)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-intercept:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "set y=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3^2=x/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "axis of symmetry: y=-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I don't have the means to graph this parabola, but you should be able to do it with the information provided.<BR>\n" );
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