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Part (a)

Plug in y = 0 and solve for x. Use the zero product property

y = x(x+3)(x-2)

0 = x(x+3)(x-2)

x(x+3)(x-2) = 0

x = 0 or x+3 = 0 or x-2 = 0 .... zero product property

x = 0 or x = -3 or x = 2

The three roots or zeros are x = 0 or x = -3 or x = 2

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Part (b)

The roots of the graph are: x = -2, x = 1, x = 3. Each root is where the graph crosses or touches the horizontal x axis.

Note how x = 0 is found in part (a), but not found here. This is one example where the graphs don't match. Another would be x = -3 is in part (a), but not here.

So that's why the graph does not match with the function in part (a)

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