Question

What is the solution to the quadratic equation graphed below?


A. x = -3
B. x = 4
C. x = -3 and x = 4
D. no real solution

Answer 1

@Luis_Rivera

Answer 2

The solutions are the values of x where the curve crosses the x-axis. Can you read the graph?

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Look at the graph. Trace along the curve and find the spots where it crosses the x-axis, which is the line y=0. At each such spot, make note of the value of x. Those x values are the solutions.

Answer 5

If the curve never crosses the x-axis, then choice (d) would be correct.

Answer 6

I got B as my answer!

Answer 7

Look at the curve again...does it only cross once?

Answer 8

the wording is a bit deceptive, implying there is only one solution...but you know better, right? :-)

Answer 9

Is this the exact question

What is the solution to the quadratic equation graphed below?


That does not make a lot of sense. But often, people want to know where the quadratic equation is equal to zero, in other words, what are its "roots"
See attached.

Answer 10

No, that's commonplace usage in most texts I've seen...

Answer 11

if you are talking about
a x^2 + bx +c =0
then yes.

However, for y= a x^2 + bx +c
you must specify a specify y value to solve for x. The min or max is an equally interesting point to solve for.

Answer 12

So then our answer would be A?

Answer 13

They want to know where the parabola crosses the x-axis.
It crosses in 2 places. See attachment in the previous post.

Answer 14

When speaking of solutions to a polynomial, it is customary to take y = 0.

Answer 15

lol so then whats our answer guys lol

Answer 16

really, no ones gona tell me the answer? ughh how sad..

Answer 17

The answer is C -_-

Answer 18

got C for my answer