SOLUTION: Please help me solve this equation : 3x²-11x+6 ≤ 0

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Question 1012125: Please help me solve this equation :
3x²-11x+6 ≤ 0

Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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3x^2-11x+6<=0
(3x-2)(x-3)=0 solve for this first
x=2/3,3
The vertex is where x=-b/2a=11/6, which is midway between the two roots. The y-value at the vertex is negative.
This is a parabola with those two values the roots. They are critical values where the parabola equals 0. If you choose a number in between, say 1, you get a negative value. Therefore, between and including those roots, the y-value is less than or equal to 0 and is the solution.
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