Question

given: f(x)=0.7x^2+3.2x+1.5, find all roots to the nearest 0.001. what does find all roots mean in this instance?

Answer 1

a root, is also known as an x intercept; or a y=0 condition

Answer 2

the quadratic formula would prolly be best suited for this

Answer 3

thank you so much! so could you possibly walk me through the steps of how to get the correctly formatted answer?

Answer 4

maybe, the quadratic formula for a given quadratic: ax^2+bx+c is\[x=\frac{-b\pm\sqrt{b^2-4ac}}{2a}\]

Answer 5

plug in the specific values and use a calculator to get the results to round with