document.write( "Question 1143840: Find k and the points of contact if the parabola y = x^2 − k touches the quartic y = x^4 at two points. \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "The figure at k = 0.25\r\n" );
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document.write( "    \"graph%28+330%2C+330%2C+-3%2C+3%2C+-2%2C+3%2C%0D%0A++++++++++x%5E2-0.25%2C+x%5E4%0D%0A%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "    Plots y = \"x%5E2-0.25\" (red)  and  y = \"x%5E4\" (green).\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"It is better one time to see than 100 times to hear\" (a proverb).\r\n" );
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