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document.write( "when you put x=1.5 why is it -(1.5)^2+3*1.5+2=4.25  instead of (-1.5)^2+4.5+2=8.75 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "when you put x=1.5 why is it -(1.5)^2+3*1.5+2=4.25  instead of (-1.5)^2+4.5+2=8.75<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-t^2 = -1*t^2, not the same as (-t)^2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Same as at^2 = a*t^2 not (at)^2 </SPAN>\n" );
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