document.write( "Question 1209609: Give an example of a quadratic function that has zeroes at x = 2 and x = -2, and that takes the value 0 when x = 2. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Give an example of a quadratic function that has zeroes at x = 2 and x = -2,
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The condition that  \" a function takes the value 0 when  x = 2 \"  is  IDENTICALLY  THE  SAME\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "as the condition  \" x = 2  is a zero of the function \".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "        They are not two different conditions - they are  THE  SAME  condition.\r
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