If we graph these functions on the same coordinate plane.
f(x) =7
g(x)= x^2 +2x-8
What are the solutions to the equation f(x) = g(x)?
select each correct answer
-5
-3
3
5
7
Per the last one, just plug these into a graphing calculator and it's easy to see the two intersection points are (-4, 7) and (3, 7). The reason this is the answer is that these two values are the only two values where both equations are equal to each other. Sorry I can't provide an example like CPhill. You can also figure this out by setting both equations equal to each other. \(x^2 + 2x - 8 = 7\). Subtracting 7 from both sides gets us \(x^2 + 2x - 15\). You can figure out the rest by putting this into the quadratic formula.
Hope this helps!