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Sketch the graph y = (x + 5)(x 4)(x 2)

Seeing graphs

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What type of graph is it?

Cubic

Is it a positive or negative shape?

Positive Answer

What is the y-intercept?

y = 40

What are its roots (x-intercepts)?

x = -5, xAnswer
= 4, x = 2

Are there any asymptotes?

No

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Sketch the graph y = (x + 5)(x 4)(x 2)

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Answer

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Sketch the graph 6x + 3y - 2 = 0

Cubic
Positive
y-intercept: y = 40
Roots: x = -5, x = 4, x = 2

(0,40)

No asymptotes
(2,0)
(-5,0)

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(4,0)

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What type of graph is it?

Linear

Is it a positive or negative shape?

Answer
Negative

What is the y-intercept?

y=

What are its roots (x-intercepts)?

Are there any asymptotes?

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Answer

Answer
Answer

No

Answer

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Sketch the graph y = 2x3 12x2 + 18x

Sketch the graph 6x + 3y 2 = 0

Linear
Negative
y-intercept: y = 2/3
Roots: x = 1/3
No asymptotes

What type of graph is it?

Cubic

Is it a positive or negative shape?

Positive Answer

What is the y-intercept?

y=0

What are its roots (x-intercepts)?

x = 0, x Answer
= 3, x = 3

Are there any asymptotes?

No

Answer

Answer

Answer

2 6x + 9)
y = 2x(xHint

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Sketch the graph y = 2x3 12x2 + 18x

Cubic

Repeated root
means the line
just touches the
axis

Positive
y-intercept: y = 0
Roots: x = 0, x = 3, x = 3
No asymptotes

(0,0)
(3,0)

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What type of graph is it?

Answer
Reciprocal

Is it a positive or negative shape?

PositiveAnswer

What is the y-intercept?

y = -10

Answer

What are its roots (x-intercepts)?

x=5

Answer

Are there any asymptotes?

Yes, at xAnswer
= 2 and y = -4

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Sketch the graph y = (x + 5)(1 - x)

Reciprocal
Positive
y-intercept: y = -10
Roots: x = 5
Asymptote at x = 2, y = -4

(5,0)

(2,-4)

What type of graph is it?

Answer
Quadratic

Is it a positive or negative shape?

Answer
Negative

What is the y-intercept?

y = 5 Answer

What are its roots (x-intercepts)?

x = -5,Answer
x=1

Are there any asymptotes?

No

Answer

(0,-10)

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Sketch the graph y = (x + 5)(1 - x)

Quadratic
Negative

Find the
turning
point: (-2,9)

10

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Sketch the graph y = x2(3 x)

(0,5)

y-intercept: y = 5

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What type of graph is it?

Cubic Answer

Is it a positive or negative shape?

Answer
Negative

Roots: x = -5, x = 1

What is the y-intercept?

y=0

No asymptotes

What are its roots (x-intercepts)?

x = 0, Answer
x = 0, x = 3

Are there any asymptotes?

No

(-5,0)

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(1,0)

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Sketch the graph y = x2(3 x)

Cubic
Negative
y-intercept: y = 0
Roots: x = 0, x = 0, x = 3
No asymptotes
(0,0)

(3,0)

Repeated root

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