SOLUTION: Beginning with the quadratic equation y = ax2 + bx + c, David plugged in 0 for x to get y = a(0) + b(0) + c, or y = c. What is ONE reason he might have done that?

Algebra ->  Quadratic Equations and Parabolas -> SOLUTION: Beginning with the quadratic equation y = ax2 + bx + c, David plugged in 0 for x to get y = a(0) + b(0) + c, or y = c. What is ONE reason he might have done that?      Log On


   

Question 604455: Beginning with the quadratic equation y = ax2 + bx + c, David plugged in 0 for x to get y = a(0) + b(0) + c, or y = c. What is ONE reason he might have done that?
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That's how I would find the -intercept, , of the graph.

John

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