document.write( "Question 815301: By a chord of the curve y = x3 we mean any line joining two distinct points on it. The number of chords which
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document.write( "A chord of slope 1 goes up at a 45° angle, and the curve\r\n" );
document.write( "y = x³ is very much steeper than that in most places.\r\n" );
document.write( "So it might be tempting to say there are only these two.\r\n" );
document.write( "from the origin to (1,1) and from the origin to (-1,-1).\r\n" );
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document.write( "....look again:\r\n" );
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document.write( "and I think you might consider that there are infinitely many other ones!\r\n" );
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