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kramer
2 years ago
7

What are the coordinates of the x-intercepts of the parabola y = x² - 8x + 15?

Mathematics
1 answer:
tamaranim1 [39]2 years ago
4 0

Answer:

(3, 0) and (5, 0)

Step-by-step explanation:

we have

y=x^{2}-8x+15

we know that

The x-intercepts are the values of x when the value of y is equal to zero

so

For y=0

x^{2}-8x+15=0

The formula to solve a quadratic equation of the form

ax^{2} +bx+c=0

is equal to

x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^{2}-4ac}} {2a}

in this problem we have

x^{2}-8x+15=0  

so

a=1\\b=-8\\c=15

substitute in the formula

x=\frac{-(-8)\pm\sqrt{-8^{2}-4(1)(15)}} {2(1)}

x=\frac{8\pm\sqrt{4}} {2}

x=\frac{8\pm2} {2}

x=\frac{8+2} {2}=5

x=\frac{8-2} {2}=3

so

x=3, x=5

therefore

The x-intercepts are (3,0) and (5,0)

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