document.write( "Question 840157: Find the x-intercept of y=4|x|+2
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document.write( "y = 4|x| + 2\r\n" );
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document.write( "To find the x-intercept (if there is one) we substitute 0 for y:\r\n" );
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document.write( "0 = 4|x| + 2\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for |x|, add -2 to both sides:\r\n" );
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document.write( "-2 = 4|x|\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by 4\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"-2%2F4\" = |x|\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"-1%2F2\" = |x|\r\n" );
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document.write( "The absolute value of a number can never be negative.\r\n" );
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document.write( "therefore there can be no x-intercept.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The graph also shows why there can be no x-intercept,\r\n" );
document.write( "because we get this V-shaped graph which never \r\n" );
document.write( "gets down to the x-axis to intersect it. \r\n" );
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