document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=201169>Question 201169</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0618503080/algebrahomeworkh>intermediate algebra an applied approach</A><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "42. Find the x-intercepts of the parabola given by each equation.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=x^2+6x+10<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To  find  x  intercepts, set  y=0,,and  solve  eqn<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^2 +6x+10 =0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Using  quadratic  eqn  to  factor<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a=1,,,b=6,,,c=10<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=[ -(6) +/- sqrt (6^2 -4(1)(10)] /2 (1)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=[-6 +/- sqrt (-4) ] /2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x= -3 +/- 2i,,,,,,,or  no  real  number  intercepts<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "further  review  shows  an  upward  pointing  y  parabola,,,with  vertex  at (-3,1)<BR>\n" );
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