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OpenStudy (anonymous):

May someone please help me with Algebra

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok...lets get to work... you know of a parabola right? the standard form is y=x^2 is that ok?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok...lets get to work... you know of a parabola right? the standard form is y=x^2 is that ok?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

can you draw it roughly?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Not really im just completely confused

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok one sec...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

this is the graph of a standard parabola

OpenStudy (anonymous):

or,in other words,y equals x times x

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

now,answer these questions. for the curve y=x^2,give the value of y for the following values of x: 1.x=2 2.x=5 3.x=8

OpenStudy (anonymous):

just substitute x's numerical value in the eqn and get "Y"

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Well 1x's any of those numbers will give the same number back

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i'm sorry,i dont understand.can you be more cleaar?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

clear*

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