SOLUTION: let g(x)=x^2+x-6 find the x-intercepts

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Question 319067: let g(x)=x^2+x-6
find the x-intercepts
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Which is exactly the same thing as saying find such that

Hence, solve:



Hint: this factors over the integers.

Once you have found the two values for , and , express the -intercepts as ordered pairs of the form:



John