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What is the point where the graph of a line crosses the horizontal axis?
y-intercept
What is a root in a polynomial graph?
A root is the value of the variable (usually, x) for which the polynomial is zero. Equivalently, a root is an x-value at which the graph crosses the x-axis.
What does it mean for a function when the graph of the derivative crosses the x-axis?
This means that the function has reached a local maximum or minimum. Since the graph of the derivative crosses the x-axis, then this means the derivative is zero at the point of intersection. When a derivative is equal to zero then the function has reached a "flat" spot for that instant. If the graph of the derivative crosses from positive x to negative x, then this indicates a local maximum. Likewise, if the graph of the derivative crosses from negative x to positive x then this indicates a local minimum.
What is the y-intercept of a linear equation?
The y-intercept of a linear equation is the point where the graph of the line represented by that equation crosses the y-axis.
How do you find the zeros in an equation by looking on a graph?
They are all the points where the graph crosses (or touches) the x-axis.
