The image of a parabolic lens is traced onto a graph. The function f(x) = (x + 8)(x – 4) represents the image. At which points does the image cross the x-axis?

Step-by-step explanation:

Hello,

from the expression of f(x) we can say that there are two zeroes, -8 with a multiplicity of 1 and 4 with a multiplicity of 1.

So the image of the parabolic lens crosses the x-axis at two points:

   (-8,0)

and

   (4,0)

For information, I attached the graph of the function.

Hope this helps.

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Thank you

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