document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=734252>Question 734252</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you graph the inverse variation y=-1/x?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the name of the curve that is supposed to be drawn on the graph? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The same as any graph.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You pick values for x and find y.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "eg, x = 1, y = -1 --> (1,-1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 2, y = 1/2 --> (2,-1/2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -1, y = 1 --> (-1.1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Plot as many points as you like.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the name of the curve that is supposed to be drawn on the graph?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It's a hyperbola<BR>\n" );
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