document.write( "Question 782094: Can you help me figure out this problem please? \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Determine any axis intercepts:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "y=x^2-2\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The problem is asking for the smaller and larger X intercepts and the Y intercepts...? The problem is also asking for axis or origin symmetry. \r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #476266 by fcabanski(1391)\"\" \"About 
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The x intercepts are the x values when y=0. These values are also known as the roots of the equation.


\n" ); document.write( "\"0+=x%5E2+-2\"


\n" ); document.write( "\"2+=+x%5E2\"


\n" ); document.write( "\"sqrt%282%29+=+x\" It is + or - square root of 2, but I don't know how to code the + or - part.


\n" ); document.write( "y intercept is the value when x = 0.


\n" ); document.write( "y = 0^2 - 2 = -2


\n" ); document.write( "\"ax%5E2+%2B+bx+%2B+c+=+y\" is the standard form of a parabola equation, where a, b, and c are the coefficients, or numbers in front of, the squared variable (a), variable (b), and for c is the constant. x=-b/2a is the equation for the axis of symmetry. This is the line that runs through the center of the parabola.


\n" ); document.write( "For this example a=1, b=0 and c=-2.


\n" ); document.write( "-b/2a = -0/2 = 0. x=0 is the equation for the axis of symmetry.


\n" ); document.write( "You can easily tell that from the standard equation. If there is no x element, just x squared and a constant, then the axis of symmetry is x=0.
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