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Which of the following could be the function of a real variable x whose graph is shown below?

Which of the following could be the function of a real variable x whose graph is shown-example-1
User Wawa
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Option D

Step-by-step explanation

We want to find the equation that could be a possible function of x of the given graph.

To solve this, we have to apply the knowledge of the roots of an equation/function.

We know that for an equation:


(x-a)(x-b)=0

The roots of the equation are a and b.

For a graph, the roots of the graph (for a quadratic graph) are the x values of the two points where the graph touches the x axis.

From the given graphs, we see that the two roots of the graph lie on the positive x axis. This means that the roots of the function must be positive.

Therefore, from the function above, a and b must be positive values.

The only options that provide us with this possibility is option D where a and b are 3 and 7 respectively.

Therefore, the correct answer is Option D.

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