Question

How to graph a parabola `f(x)=x^2`?

Answer 1

It's really easy once you are taught.

Explanation:

So you start with an `x` `y` table (t-chart) and then you write numbers in the `x` column. I typically use `-2` through `2`.

Those numbers are your `x` values. The equation is `y = x^2` tells you to take your `x` values individually and square them, giving you your `y` values.

Then you input the `y`-values into the chart. `-2` and `2` should have the `y`-value of `4`,

`-1` and `1` should be `1`, and zero is zero. Once you have your points (an x-y pair is a point), just graph the points and draw a line through them like this:

graph{x^2 [-10, 10, -5, 5]}

Hope this helps!