document.write( "Question 74271: I did the problem but it seems to be missing the -3 what did I do wrong?\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x=-3
\n" ); document.write( "x=-2
\n" ); document.write( "-x^2-5x-6\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "2(2)^2-5(-2)+1
\n" ); document.write( "2(6)-5(-2)+1
\n" ); document.write( "=12-5-(-2)+1
\n" ); document.write( "=12-5--1
\n" ); document.write( "=8 \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #53311 by jim_thompson5910(35256) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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$\"-x%5E2-5x-6\"$ Let x=-2
\n" ); document.write( " $\"-%28-2%29%5E2-5%28-2%29-6\"$ plug in x=-2
\n" ); document.write( " $\"-4%2B10-6\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"10-10\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"0\"$
\n" ); document.write( "

\n" ); document.write( " $\"-x%5E2-5x-6\"$ Let x=-3
\n" ); document.write( " $\"-%28-3%29%5E2-5%28-3%29-6\"$ plug in x=-2
\n" ); document.write( " $\"-9%2B15-6\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"15-15\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"0\"$
\n" ); document.write( "So if you plug in x=-2 or x=-3 you get 0
\n" ); document.write( "You can always graph this to visually verify this. It turns out that x=-2 and x=-3 are x-intercepts. \n" ); document.write( "

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