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A parabola intersects the x-axis at x=3, equals, 3 and x=9.

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Answer: x is 6

Explanation:

where a and b are x intercepts given to us.

So rewriting in factored form:

y = (
x-3)(
x-9)

so now you have to simplify it using the formula
y=
ax^(2)
+
bx-c

y=
x^(2)-
12x+
27

so with this formula
x=(-b)/(2a) we can find the x coordinate


x=(-(-12))/(2(1))

and the answer would be 6

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