Find the x and y Intercepts f(x)=2x^2-10x+12

$f (x) = 2 x^{2} - 10 x + 12$

Step 1

Find the x-intercepts.

To find the x-intercept(s), substitute in $0$ for $y$ and solve for $x$ .

$0 = 2 x^{2} - 10 x + 12$

Solve the equation.

Rewrite the equation as $2 x^{2} - 10 x + 12 = 0$ .

$2 x^{2} - 10 x + 12 = 0$

Factor the left side of the equation.

Factor $2$ out of $2 x^{2} - 10 x + 12$ .

Factor $2$ out of $2 x^{2}$ .

$2 (x^{2}) - 10 x + 12 = 0$

Factor $2$ out of $- 10 x$ .

$2 (x^{2}) + 2 (- 5 x) + 12 = 0$

Factor $2$ out of $12$ .

$2 x^{2} + 2 (- 5 x) + 2 \cdot 6 = 0$

Factor $2$ out of $2 x^{2} + 2 (- 5 x)$ .

$2 (x^{2} - 5 x) + 2 \cdot 6 = 0$

Factor $2$ out of $2 (x^{2} - 5 x) + 2 \cdot 6$ .

$2 (x^{2} - 5 x + 6) = 0$

Factor.

Factor $x^{2} - 5 x + 6$ using the AC method.

Consider the form $x^{2} + b x + c$ . Find a pair of integers whose product is $c$ and whose sum is $b$ . In this case, whose product is $6$ and whose sum is $- 5$ .

$- 3, - 2$

Write the factored form using these integers.

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

Remove unnecessary parentheses.

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

If any individual factor on the left side of the equation is equal to $0$ , the entire expression will be equal to $0$ .

$x - 3 = 0$

$x - 2 = 0$

Set $x - 3$ equal to $0$ and solve for $x$ .

Set $x - 3$ equal to $0$ .

$x - 3 = 0$

Add $3$ to both sides of the equation.

$x = 3$

Set $x - 2$ equal to $0$ and solve for $x$ .

Set $x - 2$ equal to $0$ .

$x - 2 = 0$

Add $2$ to both sides of the equation.

$x = 2$

The final solution is all the values that make $2 (x - 3) (x - 2) = 0$ true.

$x = 3, 2$

x-intercept(s) in point form.

x-intercept(s): $(3, 0), (2, 0)$

Step 2

Find the y-intercepts.

To find the y-intercept(s), substitute in $0$ for $x$ and solve for $y$ .

$y = 2 {(0)}^{2} - 10 \cdot 0 + 12$

Solve the equation.

Remove parentheses.

$y = 2 \cdot 0^{2} - 10 \cdot 0 + 12$

Remove parentheses.

$y = 2 {(0)}^{2} - 10 \cdot 0 + 12$

Simplify $2 {(0)}^{2} - 10 \cdot 0 + 12$ .

Simplify each term.

Raising $0$ to any positive power yields $0$ .

$y = 2 \cdot 0 - 10 \cdot 0 + 12$

Multiply $2$ by $0$ .

$y = 0 - 10 \cdot 0 + 12$

Multiply $- 10$ by $0$ .

$y = 0 + 0 + 12$

Simplify by adding numbers.

Add $0$ and $0$ .

$y = 0 + 12$

Add $0$ and $12$ .

$y = 12$

y-intercept(s) in point form.

y-intercept(s): $(0, 12)$

Step 3

List the intersections.

x-intercept(s): $(3, 0), (2, 0)$

y-intercept(s): $(0, 12)$

Step 4

Find the x and y Intercepts f(x)=2x^2-10x+12

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