SOLUTION: Write a quadratic function that has zeros - 2/3 and 5.

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Question 177665This question is from textbook Saxon Algebra 2
: Write a quadratic function that has zeros - 2/3 and 5. This question is from textbook Saxon Algebra 2

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Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Write a quadratic function that has zeros -2/3 and 5

You solve it backward:

If you had solved it forward, you would have ended up with this:

        

Before that you would have had:

     

Before that you would have had

   

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Before that you would have had:

 

Edwin


Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If is a solution of a polynomial equation, then is a factor of the polynomial. Similarly, is also a factor of the polynomial. Since you are given that the polynomial is a quadratic, there are exactly two factors. So, use FOIL to multiply and set the product equal to
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