You can put this solution on YOUR website! y = (x-3)^2 - 5
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Solve by making y = 0
(x-3)^2 - 5 = 0
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(x-3)^2 = +5; added 5 to both sides
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x - 3 = +/-;find the square root of both sides
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x = 3 + ; added 3 to both sides
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x = 3 -
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When you graph, you will see these are the values for the x intercept
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Graph using the original equation; Find the value of y for x = -1 to x = +6
y = (-1-3)^2 - 5
y = -4^2 - 5
y = 16 - 5
y = +11
the first entry on the table will be:
x | y
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-1 + +11
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For x = 0
y = (0-3)^2 - 5
y = +9 - 5
y = +4
the table is now:
x | y
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-1 |+11
0 |+4
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Do this for x = +1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Your table should look like this
x | y
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-1 |+11
0 |+4
+1 |-1
+2 |-4
+3 |-5
+4 |-4
+5 |-1
+6 |+4
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The graph should look like this
Note they cross the x axis at about +.76 and +5.24 which are decimal values for
3-Sqrt(5) and 3+sqrt(5)
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