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Learn with an exa Write a quadratic function with zeroes 6 and 8.

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Final answer:

To create a quadratic function with zeroes at 6 and 8, you can formulate it as f(x) = (x - 6)(x - 8) and expand to obtain the standard form of the equation, which is f(x) = x^2 - 14x + 48.

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Creating a Quadratic Function from Given Zeroes

To write a quadratic function with zeroes 6 and 8, we can use the fact that if a function f(x) has zeroes at x = 6 and x = 8, then the function can be expressed as:

f(x) = a(x - 6)(x - 8)

Here, 'a' is a non-zero constant that can be any real number. If we choose 'a' to be 1 for simplicity, we get:

f(x) = (x - 6)(x - 8)

Expanding this, we obtain the quadratic function in its standard form:

f(x) = x2 - 14x + 48

This is a quadratic function with the desired zeroes.

To solve any quadratic equation of the form ax2 + bx + c = 0, one can use the quadratic formula.

However, in this instance, we are constructing the function rather than solving for zeroes, since they are already given.

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