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Answer: Negative</h3>
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Explanation:
3/7 = 0.42857 approximately
Pick a number between that value and 5, not including either endpoint. Let's say we pick x = 2
Plug x = 2 into the f(x) function
f(x) = (x - 5)(2x + 7)(7x-3)
f(2) = (2 - 5)(2*2 + 7)(7*2-3)
f(2) = (2 - 5)(4 + 7)(14-3)
f(2) = (-3)(11)(11)
f(2) = -363
The actual result doesn't matter. All we're after is whether the result is positive or negative. We see the result is negative. This means f(x) is negative when 3/7 < x < 5. The f(x) curve is below the x axis on this interval.
Correct Answer:
Option 3: <span>The quadratic function has two distinct real zeros.
The function is quadratic, therefore it can have only 2 zeros. The knowledge of x-intercepts is needed to determine the zeros, y-intercepts has nothing to do with the zeros of a function. The given function has 2 unique x-intercepts, so according to the fundamental theorem of algebra, this function has 2 distinct real roots as number of distinct real roots are equal to the number of x-intercepts. Therefore, option 3 is the correct answer. </span>
Figure C uses the same formula
