SOLUTION: Find the equation of the parabola (second degree polynomial) that passes through the points (-3,0), (4,0), and (0,2)
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Question 143395: Find the equation of the parabola (second degree polynomial) that passes through the points (-3,0), (4,0), and (0,2)
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First thing to notice is that two of the points are on the x-axis and that tells us that we have a parabola whose axis is perpendicular to the x-axis, i.e. vertical, and that the x-coordinates of these two points are the zeros of the desired polynomial function.
Knowing that we have two zeros for a 2nd degree polynomial, we can derive A quadratic function simply by multiplying . However, this misses the mark because if you calculate the y-intercept you get (0,-12) instead of the desired (0,2).
Fortunately, you can multiply any polynomial by any constant and not change the zeros. , , and all have the same zeros, namely 1 and -5.
So for the function in question, we need to answer, "What can we multiply by so that the constant term will be 2?" Answer: .
So: is the desired function.
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