SOLUTION: determine the x-intercepts (if any) and evaluate for several values of x.use the resulting points to graph. f(x)= -x^2 + 2x - 2

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Question 233097: determine the x-intercepts (if any) and evaluate for several values of x.use the resulting points to graph.
f(x)= -x^2 + 2x - 2
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f(x)= -x^2 + 2x - 2
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Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation (work shown, graph etc)
Quadratic equation (in our case ) has the following solutons:



For these solutions to exist, the discriminant should not be a negative number.

First, we need to compute the discriminant : .

The discriminant -4 is less than zero. That means that there are no solutions among real numbers.

If you are a student of advanced school algebra and are aware about imaginary numbers, read on.


In the field of imaginary numbers, the square root of -4 is + or - .

The solution is , or
Here's your graph:
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