Find the x and y Intercepts f(x)=(x+2)^2-16

$f (x) = {(x + 2)}^{2} - 16$

Step 1

Find the x-intercepts.

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

$0 = {(x + 2)}^{2} - 16$

Solve the equation.

Rewrite the equation as ${(x + 2)}^{2} - 16 = 0$ .

${(x + 2)}^{2} - 16 = 0$

Add $16$ to both sides of the equation.

${(x + 2)}^{2} = 16$

Take the specified root of both sides of the equation to eliminate the exponent on the left side.

$x + 2 = \pm \sqrt{16}$

Simplify $\pm \sqrt{16}$ .

Rewrite $16$ as $4^{2}$ .

$x + 2 = \pm \sqrt{4^{2}}$

Pull terms out from under the radical, assuming positive real numbers.

$x + 2 = \pm 4$

The complete solution is the result of both the positive and negative portions of the solution.

First, use the positive value of the $\pm$ to find the first solution.

$x + 2 = 4$

Move all terms not containing $x$ to the right side of the equation.

Subtract $2$ from both sides of the equation.

$x = 4 - 2$

Subtract $2$ from $4$ .

$x = 2$

Next, use the negative value of the $\pm$ to find the second solution.

$x + 2 = - 4$

Move all terms not containing $x$ to the right side of the equation.

Subtract $2$ from both sides of the equation.

$x = - 4 - 2$

Subtract $2$ from $- 4$ .

$x = - 6$

The complete solution is the result of both the positive and negative portions of the solution.

$x = 2, - 6$

x-intercept(s) in point form.

x-intercept(s): $(2, 0), (- 6, 0)$

Step 2

Find the y-intercepts.

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

$y = {((0) + 2)}^{2} - 16$

Solve the equation.

Remove parentheses.

$y = {(0 + 2)}^{2} - 16$

Remove parentheses.

$y = {((0) + 2)}^{2} - 16$

Simplify ${((0) + 2)}^{2} - 16$ .

Simplify each term.

Add $0$ and $2$ .

$y = 2^{2} - 16$

Raise $2$ to the power of $2$ .

$y = 4 - 16$

Subtract $16$ from $4$ .

$y = - 12$

y-intercept(s) in point form.

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

Step 3

List the intersections.

x-intercept(s): $(2, 0), (- 6, 0)$

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

Step 4

Find the x and y Intercepts f(x)=(x+2)^2-16

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