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Use the graph of f(x) to find the solutions to the equation f(x)=0.

Use the graph of f(x) to find the solutions to the equation f(x)=0.-example-1
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Answer:

x = -4, 7

Explanation:

Pre-Solving

We are given the graph of the function f(x), and we want to find the values that make the statement f(x) = 0.

f(x) = 0 means that there are certain values that make the value of f(x) (which can be considered as y) equal to 0.

Solving

We can look to the graph to help us - we should look at where y is equal to 0, which is the x-axis.

On the x-axis, we can see that the function passes through both -4 and 7 (the graph goes up by 1) on that line.

  • As coordinate points, they are written as (-4,0) and (7,0).

This means that when either -4 or 7 are substituted into the function (i.e. when they are equal to x), they will make the function equal 0.

So, it means that x = -4, 7.

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