document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=616632>Question 616632</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help find the indicated intercept(s) of the graph of the function.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x-intercepts of f(x) = 2x+7<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">-intercepts of a function (or intercept in this case since there is only 1) are all points of the form <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large (a,0)\"> that are on the graph of the function.  You have to find a number <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large a\"> so that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large f(a)\ =\ 0\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ f(x)\ =\ \frac{2x\ +\ 7}{x\ -\ 5}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since we are looking for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large a\"> such that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large f(a)\ =\ 0\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Just set the function equal to zero:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{2x\ +\ 7}{x\ -\ 5}\ =\ 0\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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