Question

Help Please?
A polynomial function can be written as (x - 2)(x - 3)(x + 5). What are the x-intercepts of the graph of this function?
(2,0), (3,0), (-5,0)
(-2,0),(-3,0),(5,0)
(2,0),(3,0),(5,0)
(-2,0),(-3,0),(-5,0)

Answer 1

Do (x - 2)(x - 3)(x + 5) = 0

Answer 2

What? I have no idea what any of this means.

Answer 3

2 , 3 and -5 so A

Answer 4

You're supposed to set each of those to 0.
x - 2 = 0
x - 3 = 0
x + 5 = 0

Have you read your text?

Answer 5

loli want an explanation?

Answer 6

Hello @lolibear still need hhelp?

Answer 7

well I will lol cause why not... So x - intercept means what are points where x value is zero. So if one of those parentheses equals 0 then we know it is the x intercept because the x value becomes 0. So any case that results in x = 0 is an intercept. When y-value is 2,3,-5 (plugged into the equation as x) we get x = 0, so we know these are the x - intercepts :) happy to clarify any of that if it wasnt clear @lolibear