document.write( "Question 1181246: Alggebraically determine the x-intercepts and y-intercepts and sketch the graph of the polynomial : P(x) = 2x^3 -9x^2 +7x +6 \r
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\"P%28x%29+=+2x%5E3+-9x%5E2+%2B7x+%2B6\"............factor completely, write \"-9x%5E2\" as \"-3x%5E2-6x%5E2\", and \"7x\" as \"9x-2x\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"P%28x%29+=+%282x%5E3-6x%5E2%29+-%283x%5E2+-9x%29-%282x-6%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"P%28x%29+=+2x%5E2%28x-3%29+-3x%28x+-3%29-2%28x-3%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"P%28x%29+=+%28x+-+3%29+%282x%5E2+-+3x+-+2%29\"......\"-3x\" as \"-4x%2Bx\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"P%28x%29+=+%28x+-+3%29+%282x%5E2+-+4x%2Bx+-+2%29\".........group\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"P%28x%29+=+%28x+-+3%29+%28%282x%5E2+-+4x%29%2B%28x+-+2%29%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"P%28x%29+=+%28x+-+3%29+%282x%28x+-+2%29%2B%28x+-+2%29%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"P%28x%29+=+%28x+-+3%29+%28x+-+2%29+%282+x+%2B+1%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+%28x+-+3%29+%28x+-+2%29+%282+x+%2B+1%29=0\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if \"+%28x+-+3%29+=0\"=>\"x=3\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if \"++%28x+-+2%29+=0\"=>\"x=2\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if \"+%282+x+%2B+1%29=0\"=>\"x=-1%2F2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(\"3\", \"0\")
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\n" ); document.write( "(\"-1%2F2\", \"0\")\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "to find y-intercept, set \"x=0\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"P%28x%29+=+%280+-+3%29+%280+-+2%29+%282+%2A0+%2B+1%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"P%28x%29+=+%28-+3%29+%28-+2%29+%28+1%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(\"0\", \"6\")\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+graph%28+600%2C+600%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+2x%5E3+-9x%5E2+%2B7x+%2B6%29+\"\r
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