SOLUTION: A function is positive over the intervals {x &#8739; -2 < x < 0} and {x &#8739; 3 < x < &#8734;}. What are the zeros for the function?

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Question 987296: A function is positive over the intervals {x ∣ -2 < x < 0} and {x ∣ 3 < x < ∞}. What are the zeros for the function?
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If the function is continuous over , then -2, 0, and 3.

But the significantly more correct answer is that it may not have any zeros.

Consider the function:



Which is positive on the given intervals but has no zeros at all.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it