document.write( "Question 789168: how do you do problems such as my algebra math teacher giving me questions like graph (x-1)exponent 2 + 1 and using numbers 1 2 0 -1 -2 \n" ); document.write( "
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graph (x-1)^2 + 1 and using numbers 1 2 0 -1 -2
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\n" ); document.write( "The equation
\n" ); document.write( "y = (x-1)^2 + 1
\n" ); document.write( "replace x with 1, find y
\n" ); document.write( "y = (1-1)^2 + 1
\n" ); document.write( "y = 0 + 1
\n" ); document.write( "y = 1
\n" ); document.write( "then
\n" ); document.write( "replace x with 2 and find y
\n" ); document.write( "y = (2-1)^2 + 1
\n" ); document.write( "y = (-1)^2
\n" ); document.write( "y = 1 + 1
\n" ); document.write( "y = 2
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( "replace x with 0
\n" ); document.write( "y = (0-1)^2 + 1
\n" ); document.write( "y = (-1)^2 + 1
\n" ); document.write( "y = 1 + 1
\n" ); document.write( "y = 2
\n" ); document.write( "replace x with -1
\n" ); document.write( "y = (-1-1)^2 + 1
\n" ); document.write( "y = (-2)^2 + 1
\n" ); document.write( "y = 4 + 1
\n" ); document.write( "y = 5
\n" ); document.write( "Replace x with -2
\n" ); document.write( "y = (-2-1)^2 + 1
\n" ); document.write( "y = (-3)^2 + 1
\n" ); document.write( "y = 9 + 1
\n" ); document.write( "y = 10
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\n" ); document.write( "We can summarize this in a table
\n" ); document.write( " x | y
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\n" ); document.write( " 1 | 1
\n" ); document.write( " 2 | 2
\n" ); document.write( " 0 | 2
\n" ); document.write( "-1 | 5
\n" ); document.write( "-2 |10
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\n" ); document.write( "Plot these x,y coordinates, to look like
\n" ); document.write( "\"+graph%28+300%2C+200%2C+-5%2C+5%2C+-2%2C+12%2C+%28x-1%29%5E2%2B1%29+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Now do you know what is going on here? \n" ); document.write( "
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