Now that we know Standard Parabola
Guy's graph... Wait a minute... I know it... But do
YOU really know it yet? NO PEEKING! Let's be sure before we
go on.
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and no "plotting points." This is a sissy-free zone!
I'll wait.
What's his job?
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Remember, this will always help you
graph him!
OK, now that we really do know the
basic graph, we're going to learn how to shift him around.
First we'll look at what happens when
we have a number added onto the end of a parabola:

This adds
1
to each of the outputs...
Those are the y guys!
So...
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