SOLUTION: Find the x-intercept of y = x squared - 3x - 10

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Question 123834: Find the x-intercept of y = x squared - 3x - 10
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The question should be 'Find the x-intercepts of y=x%5E2-3x-10'

-5%2A2=-10
-5%2B2=-3

So

y=%28x-5%29%28x%2B2%29

The x-intercepts are the points where y = 0, so,

x=5 or x=-2

And the intercepts are at (5,0) and (-2,0)

graph%28600%2C600%2C-10%2C10%2C-14%2C6%2Cx%5E2-3x-10%29