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Question 150917: What is the graphic interprettion of the zeros of a quadratic?: What is the graphic interprettion of the zeros of a quadratic?
Answer by Earlsdon(3413) About Me  (Show Source):
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The "zeros" of a quadratic equation are the x-intercepts of the parabola represented by the equation.
Here's an example:
The zeros of the quadratic equation: y = x^2+5x+6 are x = -2 and x = -3.
Here's the graph to show this:
graph(400,400,-5,5,-5,5,x^2+5x+6)