Chapter 1: Q. 15 (page 24)

Find the intercepts and graph each equation by plotting points. Be sure to label the intercepts.
$y = x^{2} - 1$ .

Short Answer

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The intercepts are :

x-intercepts are $(- 1, 0) a n d (1, 0)$ ,

y-intercept is $(0, - 1)$ .

Step by step solution

Given information:

Consider the equation,

$y = x^{2} - 1$ .

To find the x-intercept:

Let $y = 0$ in the equation,

Then, $x^{2} - 1 = 0$

$(x + 1) (x - 1) = 0$ [Factors]

$x + 1 = 0$ or $x - 1 = 0$ [Zero Product Property]

$x = - 1$ or $x = 1$

The equation has two solutions, $- 1 a n d 1$ .

localid="1646707871515" $x - i n t e r c e p t s a r e (- 1, 0) a n d (1, 0) .$

To find the y-intercept:

Let $x = 0$ in the equation,

Then, $y = 0 - 1$

$y = - 1$ .

$y - i n t e r c e p t i s (0, - 1)$

To draw the graph:

We can draw the graph of the equation $y = x^{2} - 1$ by plotting the above intercepts and the points in the table below,

x	$y = x^{2} - 1$	$(x, y)$
-3	8	$(- 3, 8)$
-2	3	$(- 2, 3)$
2	3	$(2, 3)$
3	8	$(3, 8)$

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Find the intercepts and graph each equation by plotting points. Be sure to label the intercepts.
$y = x^{2} - 1$ .

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To find the y-intercept:

To draw the graph:

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To find the x-intercept:

To find the y-intercept:

To draw the graph:

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$y = x^{2} - 1$ .