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OpenStudy (anonymous):

help

OpenStudy (anonymous):

help me please find the equation

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i plugged in a system and got $Y=-\frac{1}{2}X^3+X^2+\frac{3}{2}X$

OpenStudy (anonymous):

y=-1/2x^3+x^2+3/2x

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok, ur ans is correct.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

but when i plugged it into my calculator the graph doesn't match the picture...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@zepdrix @ganeshie8

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@jim_thompson5910

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

we have a root at -3, this root looks like of multiplicity 2 so (x+3)^2 is a factor

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

same with 0 as a root, so x^2 is a factor

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

we have a root of mult 1 at x = 3, so x-3 is a factor

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

multiply the factors to get k*x^2*(x+3)^2*(x-3) the k is a constant. It's unknown at this point, but it will help force the graph to go through (1,2)

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

what you do is plug in x = 1 into k*x^2*(x+3)^2*(x-3) then set that result equal to 2 and solve for k

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