Question

2(x+1)(x-1)(x+5)=0

Answer 1

help me

Answer 2

With?

Answer 3

if a product equals zero one of the factors must be zero

Answer 4

Do you want to find the values of x or do you want to multiply it all together?

Answer 5

i want to multiply it all together

Answer 6

What's your best guess? I'll help you figure out where you need help, if you need it.

Answer 7

\[2(x+1)(x-1)(x+5)=0\]divide both sides by 2,\[(x+1)(x-1)(x+5)=0\]\[x=~~~ -1,~~~~~1,~~~-5\]

Answer 8

@idku good job at reading.

Answer 9

This is a cubic function,
\[2(x+1)(x-1)(x+5)=0~~~~~~~~~~->~~~~~~~~~~~~~2x^3+10x^2-2x-10\]

Answer 10

the y-intercept is -10.
To graph it (without calculus, just approximately,)
something like this, I am bad at drawing, it's going through
(-5,0) (-1,0) (1,0) these are the x-intercepts and
(0,-10) -- the y intercept.