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Level 4 Help for Problem One
Viewing the GRAPHS of the various equations may help you to understand what is happening here.
How might we view the graph of x2 = 4?
We may choose to plot equations such as x2 = 4 by plotting both sides individually. This gives the parabola y = x2 crossing the horizontal line y = 4 at two points.
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