SOLUTION: find the x and y intercepts f(x)=x^2-8x+2

SOLUTION: find the x and y intercepts f(x)=x^2-8x+2

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Question 153941: find the x and y intercepts f(x)=x^2-8x+2

Answer by orca(409) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The function is
To find the y-intercept, let x =0, so
Thus the y-intercept is 2.
To find the x-intercept, let y=0, and determine the corresponding values of x by solving the following quadratic equation.

Substitute
a = 1
b=-8
c=2
into the quadratic formula below

So

So the x-intercepts are and

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