SOLUTION: Find the x-intercepts. y=x^2 -7x +11. I am not understanding how to do this and need some assistance. Thanks.

SOLUTION: Find the x-intercepts. y=x^2 -7x +11. I am not understanding how to do this and need some assistance. Thanks.

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Question 76796: Find the x-intercepts. y=x^2 -7x +11.
I am not understanding how to do this and need some assistance. Thanks.
Answer by chitra(359) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The given equation is:

To find the x-intercepts we substitute y = 0, which then gives us a quadratic in x.

That is

This can be solved by using the quadratic formula.

Substittuting for the values, we get:

Hence, the x intercepts are:

and

Hence, the solutions.

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