document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1135161>Question 1135161</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello I am graphing the vertex and axis of symmetry and I understand how to find it, but how about when the vertex is a fraction? How would I graph the vertex?  (if x and y are in fraction form)  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I don't see a problem... fractions graph the same way as whole numbers....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Perhaps you can re-post your question, being more specific about why you don't understand how to do what you are doing.<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You ask what if the coordinates of the vertex were (1/2,9/4).<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The x coordinate, 1/2, is halfway between 0 and 1; the y coordinate, 9/4 = 2 1/4, is 1/4 of the way from 2 to 3.  If you are graphing by hand, any good approximation to those positions should be acceptable.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Perhaps you are doing the graphing on a computer using a graphing tool.  If so, and the coordinates of the vertex are fractions, then the tool certainly should let you have coordinates that are fractions; it wouldn't make sense to have them ask you to plot a vertex at (1/2,9/4) if the graphing tool only uses integer coordinates.... </SPAN>\n" );
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