document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1122137>Question 1122137</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I would truly appreciate help with the following:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I am given the following coordinates (-5,-4),(-1,-4),(0,-4),(3,-4),(4,-4)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. What is the x-intercept(s)? Type an integer using commas to separate answers.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. What is the y-intercept(s)? Type an integer using commas to separate answers.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. What is the missing function value indicated by the question mark<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   f(-5)+ f(3)=? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "There is no <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">-intercept.  I must assume without any other information, that the given points are all of the elements of the set that comprise your function.  In other words:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ f(x)\ =\ \{(-5,-4),(-1,-4),(0,-4),(3,-4),(4,-4)\}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">-intercept of any function is the ordered pair(s) that is an element of the set that enumerates the function where the <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\">-coordinate is equal to zero.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\">-intercept is the point where the <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">-coordinate is zero.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The value of the function at any point in its domain is -4. So the indicated sum is two instances of the function evaluated at two different values from the domain of the function, each of which evaluates to -4, added together.  I'll let you ponder the actual arithmetic involved.  Here is a point of view that may eliminate some of the confusion, at least as far as this part of the question is concerned:  Stop thinking about ordered pairs as <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large (x,\,y)\">, rather think of them as <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \(x,\,f(x)\)\"><BR>\n" );
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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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