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Describe howfactoring can help you find the x-interceptsof the graph of the quadratic functiony=x2 - 4x + 3.

Describe howfactoring can help you find the x-interceptsof the graph of the quadratic-example-1
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User Fadmaa
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hello

the quadratic equation given is


x^2-4x+3=0

now let's find two factors to the equation and proceed to solve the equation.

to do this, i'll write down the standard form of a quadratic equation out


ax^2+bx+c=0

to solve this by factorization, we need to find two numbers that when they're multiplied will give us the value of c but when added will give the value of b

in this case, our value of b = -4 and c = 3

two numbers that will give us the desired value are (-1, -3)


x^2-4x+3=(x-1)(x-3)

the factorized form of the equation would be (x - 1)(x - 3)

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