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Which is the graph of f(x) = (x - 1)(x + 4)?

Which is the graph of f(x) = (x - 1)(x + 4)?-example-1

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Answer:

last graph

Explanation:

User Alex Savitsky
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You can determine this by finding zeros of quadratic function,


(x-1)(x+4)=0\implies x_1=1, x_2=-4.

Which eliminates first and third option.

Now we have up and down parabolas left.

If we factor
(x-1)(x+4)=x^2+4x+\dots we find that the coefficient before
x^2 determines how it is turned, since its positive its an upward turned parabola hence the answer is the last graph.

Hope this helps.

User PeaceInMind
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