document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=586768>Question 586768</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do you find the x-intercepts for the parabola in the equation below?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = x2 + 9x + 14 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y = x2 + 9x + 14<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The x-intercepts are the points where y=0.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Set y=0 and solve for x:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 + 9x + 14 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This can be factored as<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+7)(x+2) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the x-intercepts are x=-2 and x=-7 </SPAN>\n" );
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