Find the y-intercepts of the parabola y = x2 + 8x +12

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The y intercept is when the graph crosses the y axis.
Here, the y intercept is the point (0,12).
(because there is +12 in the end of the equation)

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The y intercept is when x is equal to 0. So we plug in 0 for x and solve the equation.
y = 0^2 + 8(0) + 12
y = 12

Mike Gorski answered Jan 22, 2019

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