Solution 2.3:9b
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| - | The points of intersection are those points on the curve which also lie on the  | + | The points of intersection are those points on the curve which also lie on the ''x''-axis, i.e. they are those points which satisfy both the equation of the curve   | 
| - | + | <math>y=x^{2}-5x+6</math> and the equation of the ''x''-axis <math>y=0</math>,  | |
| - | -axis, i.e. they are those points which satisfy both the equation of the curve   | + | |
| - | <math>y=x^  | + | |
| - | and the equation of the   | + | |
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| - | <math>y=0</math>,  | + | |
| + | {{Displayed math||<math>\left\{\begin{align}  | ||
| + | y&=x^{2}-5x+6\,,\\  | ||
| + | y&=0\,\textrm{.}  | ||
| + | \end{align}\right.</math>}}  | ||
| - | <math>  | + | This system of equations gives directly that <math>y=0</math> and that <math>x</math> must satisfy the quadratic equation <math>x^{2}-5x+6=0\,</math>. By completing the square, we obtain that the left-hand side is  | 
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| + | {{Displayed math||<math>\begin{align}  | ||
| + | x^{2} - 5x + 6 &= \Bigl(x-\frac{5}{2}\Bigr)^{2} - \Bigl(\frac{5}{2}\Bigr)^{2} + 6\\[5pt]   | ||
| + | &= \Bigl(x-\frac{5}{2}\Bigr)^{2} - \frac{25}{4} + \frac{24}{4}\\[5pt]  | ||
| + | &= \Bigl(x-\frac{5}{2}\Bigr)^{2} - \frac{1}{4}   | ||
| + | \end{align}</math>}}  | ||
| - | + | and this gives that the equation has solutions <math>x=\tfrac{5}{2}\pm\tfrac{1}{2}</math>, i.e. <math>x=\tfrac{5}{2}-\tfrac{1}{2}=\tfrac{4}{2}=2</math> and <math>x=\tfrac{5}{2}+\tfrac{1}{2}=\tfrac{6}{2}=3</math>.    | |
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| + | The intersection points are therefore (2,0) and (3,0).  | ||
| - | <math>\begin{align}  | ||
| - | & x^{\text{2}}-\text{5}x+\text{6}=\left( x-\frac{5}{2} \right)^{2}-\left( \frac{5}{2} \right)^{2}+6 \\   | ||
| - | & =\left( x-\frac{5}{2} \right)^{2}-\frac{25}{4}+\frac{24}{4}=\left( x-\frac{5}{2} \right)^{2}-\frac{1}{4} \\   | ||
| - | \end{align}</math>  | ||
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The points of intersection are those points on the curve which also lie on the x-axis, i.e. they are those points which satisfy both the equation of the curve \displaystyle y=x^{2}-5x+6 and the equation of the x-axis \displaystyle y=0,
| \displaystyle \left\{\begin{align}
 y&=x^{2}-5x+6\,,\\ y&=0\,\textrm{.} \end{align}\right.  | 
This system of equations gives directly that \displaystyle y=0 and that \displaystyle x must satisfy the quadratic equation \displaystyle x^{2}-5x+6=0\,. By completing the square, we obtain that the left-hand side is
| \displaystyle \begin{align}
 x^{2} - 5x + 6 &= \Bigl(x-\frac{5}{2}\Bigr)^{2} - \Bigl(\frac{5}{2}\Bigr)^{2} + 6\\[5pt] &= \Bigl(x-\frac{5}{2}\Bigr)^{2} - \frac{25}{4} + \frac{24}{4}\\[5pt] &= \Bigl(x-\frac{5}{2}\Bigr)^{2} - \frac{1}{4} \end{align}  | 
and this gives that the equation has solutions \displaystyle x=\tfrac{5}{2}\pm\tfrac{1}{2}, i.e. \displaystyle x=\tfrac{5}{2}-\tfrac{1}{2}=\tfrac{4}{2}=2 and \displaystyle x=\tfrac{5}{2}+\tfrac{1}{2}=\tfrac{6}{2}=3.
The intersection points are therefore (2,0) and (3,0).

