How do you graph $y=(x-4)^2$ by plotting points?

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Answer 1 · 2018-08-07T11:30:21

Assign a value to x to find the value of y.

If x is $-1$ , $y=(-5)^2 = 25$

If x is zero $y=(-4)^2 = 16$

If x is 1, $y=(-3)^2 = 9$

If x is 4, $y=0$

etc.

You can plot it now:

graph{(x-4)^2 [-5.42, 14.58, -1.72, 8.28]}

How do you graph y=(x-4)^2y=(x-4)^2 by plotting points?