document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=973873>Question 973873</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please help me learn how to do this:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "identify the conic represented by the equation x^2-6x = y+3 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "each conic has a \"typical\" equation form, sometimes along the lines of the following:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    parabola: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=Ax%5E2+%2B+Dx+%2B+Ey+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"Ax%5E2+%2B+Dx+%2B+Ey+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "    circle: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2+%2B+y%5E2+%2B+Dx+%2B+Ey+%2B+F+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2+%2B+y%5E2+%2B+Dx+%2B+Ey+%2B+F+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "    ellipse: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=Ax%5E2+%2B+Cy%5E2+%2B+Dx+%2B+Ey+%2B+F+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"Ax%5E2+%2B+Cy%5E2+%2B+Dx+%2B+Ey+%2B+F+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "    hyperbola: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=Ax%5E2+-+Cy%5E2+%2B+Dx+%2B+Ey+%2B+F+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"Ax%5E2+-+Cy%5E2+%2B+Dx+%2B+Ey+%2B+F+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you got\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2-6x+=+y%2B3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2-6x+=+y%2B3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > or\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5E2-6x-y-3+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5E2-6x-y-3+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.....if you compare it to equations above, you see that you have a parabola\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+graph%28+600%2C+600%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-15%2C+10%2C+x%5E2-6x-3%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+graph%28+600%2C+600%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-15%2C+10%2C+x%5E2-6x-3%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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