Question

how do you find the zeros of this function? y=x(x-2)(x+5

Answer 1

would it be 2 and -5?

Answer 2

thats 2 of them..... but tell mme; what makes x=0?

Answer 3

anything multiplied by 0 is 0

Answer 4

(x-2)..x=2 makes it 0

(x+5)..x=-5 meakes it 0

x..... x=? makes this 0?

Answer 5

oh then 0 makes it 0 right?

Answer 6

that is correct, excellent :) its easy to forget that little 'x' all by itslef out there..

Answer 7

haha yes it is! thank you again :D