3 years ago

What is the root when talking about a quadratic equation

Mathematics

2 answers:

Blizzard [7]3 years ago

8 0

The root is the x intercepts or the zeros of the problem

If I were to graph

(x-5)(x+4)=0

We need a number for x which makes this equation 0

The numbers are 5 or -4

These are the x intercepts of the parabola or roots

e-lub [12.9K]3 years ago

6 0

Answer:

The roots of a function are the x-intercepts. By definition, the y-coordinate of points lying on the x-axis is zero. Therefore, to find the roots of a quadratic function, we set f (x) = 0, and solve the equation, ax2 + bx + c = 0.

Step-by-step explanation:

You might be interested in

A committee of 4 people is chosen from 8 women and 8 men. How many different committees are possible that consist of 2 women and

Nadusha1986 [10]

The awnser is 4 diffrent commites

4 0

3 years ago

How i write a fraction in word form

Galina-37 [17]

Ten hundredths
Five tenths

4 0

3 years ago

Read 2 more answers

Find the measure of each side of this triangles. Answer in exact form. Find x and y

Kazeer [188]

I think the answer is 5

3 0

3 years ago

Write the summation to estimate the area under the curve y = 1 + x^2 from x = –1 to x = 2 using 3 rectangles and right endpoints

Minchanka [31]

Check the picture below.

8 0

3 years ago

Brianna has six bags of soil filling one flower pot requires 1/3 of a bag of soil how many flower pots can be filled with the si

dimaraw [331]

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

$\frac{6}{1}$ ÷ $\frac{1}{3}$

Keep Change Flip

$\frac{6}{1}$ × $\frac{3}{1}$ = $\frac{18}{1}$

3 0

3 years ago