document.write( "Question 1094712: Find the intercepts of the given quadratic function.\r
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document.write( "y-intercept is at x = 0.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then f(x) = 0^2 = 0.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, y-intercept is this point (x,y) = (0,0)   (the origin of the coordinate system).\r\n" );
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document.write( "x-intercept is at f(x) = 0,   or, which is the same,  x^2 = 0,  which gives  x = 0.\r\n" );
document.write( "Then f(x) = 0^2 = 0.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Thus, y-intercept is this point (x,y) = (0,0)   (the origin of the coordinate system).\r\n" );
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document.write( "In this problem the point of x-intercept is the same as the point of y-intercept.\r\n" );
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