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OpenStudy (anonymous):

help

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

why is (3, 2) an intercept?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no thats wrong

OpenStudy (anonymous):

when i tried to solve it i got x=3/2+/-sqrt of -1.75

OpenStudy (anonymous):

but i cant have a negative inside a square root right?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

when looking for x intercepts, set y=0, solve for x when looking for y intercepts, set x=0, solve for y correct, you can't have a negative inside a square root.... that's what happened when you set y=0 and tried to solve for x, is that correct?

OpenStudy (phi):

You should look at the graph. Notice the circle does not touch or cross the x-axis so there are no x intercepts. It looks like there is one y intercept

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yep... ^^^ no x intercepts coincides with you getting a negative in the square root...

OpenStudy (phi):

but i cant have a negative inside a square root right? as dpalnc notes, the sqrt of a neg number means the curve never crosses the x-axis

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