SOLUTION: Explain how you would find the x-intercepts and y-intercept for quadratic functions? Are there situations where graph of quadratic functions have only one x-inte

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Question 242986: Explain how you would find the x-intercepts and y-intercept for quadratic
functions? Are there situations where graph of quadratic functions have
only one x-intercept? Situations where there are no x-intercepts?

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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Explain how you would find the x-intercepts and y-intercept for quadratic
functions?
To find x-intercepts, let y = 0 and solve for x using factoring or
the quadratic formula.
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To fiind the y-intercept, let x = 0 and solve for y.
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Are there situations where graph of quadratic functions have
only one x-intercept?
Yes, when the discriminant of the quadratic = 0
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Situations where there are no x-intercepts?
Yes, when the discriminant of the quadratic is negative.
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Cheers,
Stan H.