document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=677448>Question 677448</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can someone please help me with this problem?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Determine if the following equation is symmetric with respect to the y-axis, x-axis, the origin, or none of these.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. y=3x^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. x^2+4y^2=16 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a. y=3x^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is an equation of a parabola that takes the form: x^2=4py, which is a parabola that opens upwards. In such a parabola we get the same y-coordinate at x or -x which makes the graph symmetric with respect to the y axis<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. x^2+4y^2=16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2/16+y^2/4=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is an equation of an ellipse with center at the origin (0,0) This makes the graph symmetric with respect to both the y and x axes </SPAN>\n" );
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