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We've got one mountain.
The tails both shoot down. |
Parabolas can also
cross the x-axis
TWO times (since their degree is
TWO.) This happens when they
have extra terms (other stuff added on!)
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Fourth degree
polynomials get a lot more exciting... If they have extra
stuff added on.
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is pretty boring.
If you grab a graphing |
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calculator* to graph
him, you'll
see that he looks a lot like Standard Parabola Guy - but
with a wider valley. |
wider here |
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Still, the tails
both shoot up. |
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