Plotting Mathematica - Why is this Happening?

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dwsmith said:
Why is this happening (see picture)?

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For starters, the call for Implicit plot should be

Code:
<< Graphics `ImplicitPlot`

Note that the "quotes" are angled differently (you should be using the key right next to 1 on the top of your keyboard; it gives ` instead of '). I would also recommend ending command lines with ; if you don't want them to individually appear once you execute them (i.e. it hides the output).

Also, ImplicitPlot is obsolete in Mathematica 8; the ContourPlot option does what ImplicitPlot used to do. Here's what I get now:

graph-1.png
 
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