How do you graph by using the zeros for #f(x)=3x^3-15x^2+18x#?
1 Answer
Feb 23, 2017
You're going to have to factor to find the zeroes.
#0 = 3x^3 - 15x^2 + 18x#
Extract a common factor
#0 = 3x(x^2 - 5x + 6)#
#0 = 3x(x - 3)(x - 2)#
#x = 0, 3 and 2#
Now use properties of polynomial functions to determine the end behavior.
When you get more advanced in mathematics, you may use calculus to draw a more precise graph. But for the sake of this answer, I won't go into that. Here is the graph.
graph{3x^3 - 15x^2 + 18x [-10, 10, -5, 5]}
Hopefully this helps!