SOLUTION: What is the graphic interprettion of the zeros of a quadratic?

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Question 150917: What is the graphic interprettion of the zeros of a quadratic?
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) About Me  (Show Source):
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The "zeros" of a quadratic equation are the x-intercepts of the parabola represented by the equation.
Here's an example:
The zeros of the quadratic equation: y+=+x%5E2%2B5x%2B6 are x = -2 and x = -3.
Here's the graph to show this:
graph%28400%2C400%2C-5%2C5%2C-5%2C5%2Cx%5E2%2B5x%2B6%29