document.write( "Question 334628: Consider the functions f(x)=2x-8 and g(x)=-x^2=3. Find the x-coordinate(s) of the points of intersection of f(x) and g(x). \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I'm pretty sure you have a typo in your definition of

. Taking what you wrote literally,

is a Boolean function that is always false.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since

is always positive,

must always be negative, and

is an unwaveringly false statement since 3 is a positive number.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Such a function does not have a value that exists in

, hence there is no point in

to which

maps. Therefore there is no point of intersection between

and

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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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