What does the graph y = 1/x^2 look like?

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What does the graph y = 1/x^2 look like?

Thats y = 1 over x squared.

2006-10-15 06:52:40 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics

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a "L", slightly opened up, with the point at x=1, y=1.

x < 1, y approaches infinity
X > 1, Y approaches zero

2006-10-15 07:01:36 · answer #1 · answered by Jeni P 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋

You know that there are 4 quadrants: the graph of such a function is just like 1/x, with the exception that the part of the graph which was in the 3rd quadrant is now transported and inverted over the x-axis into the 2nd quadrant..

2006-10-15 14:24:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋

It looks like a graph of y = 1/x, only steeper. and exists in quadrants I and II whereas 1/x exists in quadrants I and III

2006-10-15 14:01:09 · answer #3 · answered by Helmut 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋