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document.write( "Did you mean
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document.write( "If you mean the first, then type\r\n" );
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document.write( "f(x) = 3sqrt(x) - 2\r\n" );
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document.write( "If you mean the second, then type\r\n" );
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document.write( "f(x) = 3sqrt(x-2)\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's why parentheses were invented, so people\r\n" );
document.write( "could explain what they mean by grouping words\r\n" );
document.write( "or mathematical expressions together. Without\r\n" );
document.write( "parentheses, algebra would be chaotic. \r\n" );
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document.write( "Also to show exponents you must use this symbol ^ \r\n" );
document.write( "between the base and the exponent. x3 just means\r\n" );
document.write( "3x, but x^3 means x3.\r\n" );
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document.write( "By the way, none of those choices could possibly\r\n" );
document.write( "be the inverse function of a function involving\r\n" );
document.write( "the square root function. It would have to be\r\n" );
document.write( "of degree 2, but all the choices you gave are\r\n" );
document.write( "either of degree 3 or 1. So I think you copied\r\n" );
document.write( "the choices from the wrong problem.\r\n" );
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