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Section 3.1 : Graphing

9. Determine the xx-intercepts and the yy-intercepts for the following equation.

y=(x+3)28y=(x+3)28

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Recall that in order to find the yy-intercept all we need to do is plug x=0x=0 into the equation and solve for yy. Doing that for this equation gives,

y=(0+3)28y=1y=(0+3)28y=1

The yy-intercept for this equation is then the point : (0,1)(0,1) .

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Finding the xx-intercept is similar to the yy-intercept. All we do is plug in y=0y=0 and solve for xx. Doing that for this equation gives,

0=(x+3)28(x+3)2=8x+3=±8x=3±80=(x+3)28(x+3)2=8x+3=±8x=3±8

The xx-intercepts for this equation are then the two points : (38,0)(38,0) and (3+8,0)(3+8,0) .

Don’t worry about the “messy” answers here. This kind of intercept will show up occasionally so we need to be able to deal with them when they do.