Find the X-Axis Intersections of y = 2x(2x + 4)

Question

Determine the points of intersection of the function

y=2x(2x+4) y=2x(2x+4)

With the X

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Find the intersection point with the X-axis
00:03 At the intersection point with X-axis, Y value must equal 0
00:06 Let Y=0 and solve to find appropriate X values
00:14 Find what makes each factor in the product zero
00:17 This is one solution
00:23 Isolate X
00:27 This is the second solution
00:31 And this is the solution to the question

Step-by-Step Solution

To determine the points of intersection of the function y=2x(2x+4) y = 2x(2x+4) with the x-axis, we must find where the function equals zero. Such points occur where y=0 y = 0 .

Start by setting the equation to zero:

2x(2x+4)=0 2x(2x + 4) = 0

Using the zero-product property, which states that if a product of multiple factors is zero, then at least one of the factors must be zero, we solve as follows:

  • Set each factor to zero: 2x=0 2x = 0 and 2x+4=0 2x + 4 = 0 .
  • Solving 2x=0 2x = 0 : Divide both sides by 2 to get x=0 x = 0 .
  • Solving 2x+4=0 2x + 4 = 0 : Subtract 4 from both sides to get 2x=4 2x = -4 , then divide by 2 to get x=2 x = -2 .

Thus, the x-intercepts are at x=0 x = 0 and x=2 x = -2 .

Correspondingly, the points of intersection are (0,0) (0, 0) and (2,0) (-2, 0) .

By comparing with the provided multiple-choice options, the correct answer is indeed choice 1: (2,0),(0,0) (-2,0),(0,0) .

Answer

(2,0),(0,0) (-2,0),(0,0)