What are the important points needed to graph #y = x^2 + 4x - 1#?

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James H.
Nov 6, 2015

What are the x intercepts? What are the y intercepts (if any)? What is y's minimum/maximum value(s)?
With these points we can create a rudimentary graph, which will be close to the actual graph below.

graph{x^2+4x-1 [-10, 10, -5, 5]}

Explanation:

The x intercepts appear to be #x = -2-sqrt5# and #sqrt5-2#. Our minimum y value is -5, at (-2, -5). Our y intercept is at (0,-1).

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