Answer:
f(x) = (1/2)(x-2)^2(x+1)(x+2)
Step-by-step explanation:
You can determine this by looking at the zeroes of the graph. For any zero that goes through the x-axis, the power of that zero is odd. For any zero that that "bounces" from the x-axis, the power of that zero is even.
Starting from left to right, we can see that the first zero, -2, goes through the x-axis. That means (x+2) is raised to an odd power. The second zero, -1, also goes through, so (x+1) is raised to an odd power. The last zero, 2, bounces off the x-axis, so (x-2) is raised to an even power. The only functions that satisfy this criteria are function 1 and 2.
However, we are not done yet. We need to figure out which multiplier value (1/2, 1/4) is correct. To do this, we plug in 0 for x, since we know that the y-intercept is 4. When we plug in 0, we see that f(0) = 4 for the first function. Therefore, the first function is the answer.
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Answer: It’s the second one!
Explanation: The dot is open and pointing to the side of the numbers greater than -3. It has to be an open dot because it is “greater than -3” not “greater than or equal to-3”! :)
I’m hoping you are talking about:
Factor -1/2 out of -1/2x + 6
If so then the answer is
-1/2(x-3)
It’s 1.
Explanation: you need to find the greatest factor that works out for them both. You can cross out 4 and 8 because no other whole number can be multiplied to get 15, and it’s not 3 since you can’t multiply it with a whole number to get 64. 1 works for them both.
