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Title: how does finding the roots contribute to the intersection points of a parabola?
Post by: HUNurse on Jan 30, 2013
I know that you need the roots to figure out the intersection points of a linear equation and parabola, i just don't understand why.


Title: how does finding the roots contribute to the intersection points of a parabola?
Post by: meme1028 on Jan 30, 2013
On a parabola the roots when you find x are the x intersection points of the graph, they are the answer to a quadratic equation.


Title: how does finding the roots contribute to the intersection points of a parabola?
Post by: leogets on Jan 30, 2013
The roots are the x-axis intersection points of a parabola. They occur where the curve crosses the x-axis. If the curve does not cross the x-axis, the roots are imaginary.