SOLUTION: The equation of a parabola is y=x^2+1. The x coordinate is -2 and the y coordinate is 2. Find the equation of the line which intersects the parabola at points -2 and 2.

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Question 914374: The equation of a parabola is y=x^2+1. The x coordinate is -2 and the y coordinate is 2. Find the equation of the line which intersects the parabola at points -2 and 2.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Maybe you did not ask what you really want. Infinite lines can intersect the parabola at (-2,2), or whichever point you would choose from your parabola.

Checking your point implied to be on your parabola,
2=%28-2%29%5E2%2B1
2=4%2B1
2=5, FALSE!
2%3C%3E5.

That point is not on the given parabola.