document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=799088>Question 799088</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> f(X)=x2-8X-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "thats x squared<BR>\n" );
document.write( "what is the vertex<BR>\n" );
document.write( "what is the x intercept<BR>\n" );
document.write( "what is the axis symmetry<BR>\n" );
document.write( "what is the graph look like <BR>\n" );
document.write( "does it open up or down<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #482501 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><B>solver91311(24713)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=solver91311><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=482501\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"+2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First thing you must learn:  X is NOT the same thing as x.  The only way we have to communicate is in writing, so make SURE you don't type something incorrectly.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Second, ^ (Shift-6) means \"raise to the power\", so x^2 means <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x^2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ f(x)\ =\ ax^2\ +\ bx\ +\ c\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">-coordinate of the vertex is at <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x_v\ =\ -\frac{b}{2a}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\">-coordinate of the vertex is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y_v\ =\ f(x_v)\ =\ a\left(-\frac{b}{2a}\right)^2\ +\ b\left(-\frac{b}{2a}\right)\ +\ c\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">-intercepts, if they exist, are at <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large (x_1,0)\"> and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large (x_2,0)\"> where\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ x_1\ =\ \frac{-b\ +\ \sqrt{b^2\ -\ 4ac}}{2a}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The equation of the axis of symmetry is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\ =\ x_v\">, which is to say the vertical line through the vertex.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It looks exactly like a parabola.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It opens upward if <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large a\ >\ 0\">, downward otherwise.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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