document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1167310>Question 1167310</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Consider the following function f(x)=1-(x-1)^2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #791909 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><B>ikleyn(52781)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ikleyn><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=791909\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> .<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You give the value of -1 to x.\r\n" );
document.write( "Then you calculate the corresponding value of the function f(x), using the formula.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then you give other value 0 to x.\r\n" );
document.write( "Then you calculate the corresponding value of the function f(x), using the formula.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then you give other value 1 to x.\r\n" );
document.write( "Then you calculate the corresponding value of the function f(x), using the formula.\r\n" );
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document.write( "And so on for x = 2 and 3.\r\n" );
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document.write( "You write the values of x into the left column of the table.\r\n" );
document.write( "You write the calculated values of the function into the right column of the table.\r\n" );
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document.write( "In this way, you obtain the Table of values of the function, after repeating these steps several times.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It is the first part of the work.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Is everything clear to you in my description so far ?\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the next stage comes.\r\n" );
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document.write( "You take a page of a graph paper and a pen (or a pencil).\r\n" );
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document.write( "You accurately mark every pair of numbers from your Table as a point on a graph paper.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then you connect the plotted points, using your pen or pencil.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Is everything clear to you in this stage ? ?\r\n" );
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document.write( "If everything is clear, &nbsp;it means that &nbsp;FROM &nbsp;NOW &nbsp;you can complete this assignment &nbsp;(and many other similar assignments) \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ON &nbsp;YOUR &nbsp;OWN, &nbsp;without asking for the help from outside.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Making plots is really a &nbsp;BASIC &nbsp;SKILL &nbsp;that every student must develop to the level sufficient to execute \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "similar assignments on his &nbsp;(or her) &nbsp;own, &nbsp;without asking for the help from outside.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You must know this technique as you know the multiplication table or the alphabet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Plotting graphs of functions should be as easy to you as multiplying numbers in your head using the multiplication table.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Another option is to find an appropriate &nbsp;WEB-site in the Internet with free of charge plotting tools and use them.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use, &nbsp;for example, &nbsp;this site  www.desmos.com/calculator\r<BR>\n" );
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