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Question from sussie, a student: How do you find the inter sept form of y=X^2-2x-3? |
Hi Sussie,
Factoring this expression gives \[y = x^2 - 2x - 3 = (x - 3)(x + 1).\] Hence the x-intercepts are $x = 3$ and $x = -1.$ Is this what you mean by the intercept form?
Penny
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