Curiouser and Curiouser
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A Function Can't Plot Self
A function can't plot self because the equation for a curve is always going to be more complicated visually than the curve it represents. So instead of saying, a straight line is y equals m x plus c, what you could do is say, oh, a straightline is all the pairs of x and y, where m x plusc subtract y equals zero. And now you've gone from an equation to cond like a test a. If a point, like the pair of coordinates location on the graph, passes the test of some number times the x coordinate minus c, whatever it is, subtract whatever the y coordinate is, equals zero,. then you colour in that pointso what you got
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