How do you plot the following graph: $x=sqrt(y-1)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-04-05T16:24:44

See below:

First, solve for $y$ . Square both sides:

$y-1=x^2$

Now add $1$ on both sides:

$y=x^2+1$

This is simply $x^2$ but moved $1$ space up. So it'll look like:

# graph{x^2+1 [-10, 10, -0.4, 9.6]}

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