Graphing an x=# that students input

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I want student to type in the equation of a quadratic, which means they need to type in x=# into the math input area. I have not yet been able to figure out how to have computation layer automatically graph that input in the graph on that slide. Any solutions that I am missing?

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In the CL documentation:

https://teacher.desmos.com/computation-layer/documentation#components:input/graph

If you scroll down to the “function” sink of graph and click on “Try It!” there’s an example where it graphs an equation based on a math input. I’m not quite sure, is that what you’re looking for?

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In graph CL:

function("f"): simpleFunction(input.latex)

In your graph:
y=f(x)

simpleFunction defaults in terms of x, so if you want x=, you need your function in terms of y:

function("f"): simpleFunction(input.latex,"y")

Something in standard form, you want to use parseEquation. A little more complicated, but still doable.

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