SOLUTION: What do the roots or solutions of a quadratic equation look like on a graph? Are they readily identifiable?

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Question 476811: What do the roots or solutions of a quadratic equation look like on a graph? Are they readily identifiable?

Answer by richard1234(7193)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The real roots of the quadratic (in fact, any equation) are the x-intercepts. You can identify them, but you cannot do so very accurately, and sometimes the quadratic might appear to be tangent to the x-axis when it might have two distinct roots. Also, if the quadratic does not have any x-intercepts, its roots are complex.
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