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Plotting Parabola (y = x2) using Python and Matplotlib

To plot graphs in Python you can use popular library Matplotlib. I would recommend creating separate virtual environment and then installing matplotlib.

Installing matplotlib in Virtual Environment

Create virtual environment using following command

virtualenv ~/.venvs/matplotlib

Activate virtual environment

.  ~/.venvs/matplotlib/bin/activate

Install Matplotlib

pip install matplotlib

Graphing Parabola

Below code will graph simple parabola y = x2. Range of function would be (-50, 50).

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

x_cords = range(-50,50)
y_cords = [x*x for x in x_cords]

plt.scatter(x_cords, y_cords)
plt.show()

Output

Simple Parabola in Matplotlib Python
Parabola y = x2.

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