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Answer 1

Answer: Distance between x intercepts is 1 unit.

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Explanation:

Let's find the x intercept of f(x). Replace f(x) with 0 and solve for x

f(x) = -2x+2

0 = -2x+2

2x = 2

x = 2/2

x = 1

Plugging x = 1 into f(x) leads to f(x) = 0. The x intercept of f(x) is 1.

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Now onto g(x). If we were given a row that had y = 0, then we'd immediately find the x intercept. However, that isn't given, so we'll have to do a bit of work to find the equation for g(x).

First we need the slope. Pick any two rows to find the slope. I'll pick the middle two rows.

m = (y2-y1)/(x2-x1)

m = (3-6)/(1-0)

m = -3/1

m = -3 is the slope

The y intercept is b = 6 as the table shows this pairs with x = 0. The y intercept always happens when x = 0.

So with m = -3 and b = 6, we see that g(x) = -3x+6.

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Plug in g(x) = 0 and solve for x. We'll use similar ideas done in the first section at the very top

g(x) = -3x+6

0 = -3x+6

3x = 6

x = 6/3

x = 2 is the x intercept of g(x)

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In summary, we found...

• x = 1 is the y intercept of f(x)
• x = 2 is the y intercept of g(x)

Subtract the x intercept values to get 2-1 = 1, which is the distance between the x intercepts. The distance is never negative.