SOLUTION: how do you find the x-intercepts for the parabola in the equation below?
y = x2 + 9x + 14
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Question 586768: how do you find the x-intercepts for the parabola in the equation below?
y = x2 + 9x + 14
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how do you find the x-intercepts for the parabola in the equation below?
y = x2 + 9x + 14
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The x-intercepts are the points where y=0.
Set y=0 and solve for x:
x^2 + 9x + 14 = 0
This can be factored as
(x+7)(x+2) = 0
So the x-intercepts are x=-2 and x=-7
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