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document.write( "The equation of the parabola is\r\n" );
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document.write( "y = (x-5)*(x-(-7)),   or, which is the same,\r\n" );
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document.write( "y = (x-5)*(x+7)\r\n" );
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document.write( "The axis of symmetry for this parabola is vertical line x = -4.\r\n" );
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