Question

What does x=-1/12y^2 look like graphed?

Answer 1

A quadratic equation in only x or y is a parabola.
If the square term is x, the parabola opens up or down.
If the square term is y, the parabola opens right or left.
To plot this graph, make a table of x and y values.
Let y = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, -1, -2, -3, -4, -5 and solve for x.
Put all those values in the table, and plot the graph.

Answer 2

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=x%3D-1%2F12y%5E2&lk=4