Friday, 14 February 2014

algebra precalculus - Why is the graph of x=y2 and y=sqrtx not the same?



So if you take x=y2 and get the sqrt of both sides you get y=x so they are the same right? But when you graph them, y=x only shows the positive y values because you can't sqrt a negative number because no 2 same numbers multiplied together are negative and what not. And of course x=y2 shows both positive and negative y values. So why does this happen with this?



EDIT: My girlfriend pointed out that in x=y2 the x technically cannot be negative cuz if the y2 will never be negative. But why do graphs show the negatives? And I forgot to show you the site where it graphs the negatives: http://www.coolmath.com/precalculus-review-calculus-intro/precalculus-algebra/09-sideways-parabolas-01


Answer



Simply because x=y2 doesn't imply that y=x.



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