Precalculus Examples

$y = x^{3} - 3$

Step 1

Find the x-intercepts.

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Step 1.1

To find the x-intercept(s), substitute in $0$ for $y$ and solve for $x$ .

$0 = x^{3} - 3$

Step 1.2

Solve the equation.

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Step 1.2.1

Rewrite the equation as $x^{3} - 3 = 0$ .

$x^{3} - 3 = 0$

Step 1.2.2

Add $3$ to both sides of the equation.

$x^{3} = 3$

Step 1.2.3

Take the specified root of both sides of the equation to eliminate the exponent on the left side.

$x = \sqrt[3]{3}$

Step 1.3

x-intercept(s) in point form.

x-intercept(s): $(\sqrt[3]{3}, 0)$

Step 2

Find the y-intercepts.

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Step 2.1

To find the y-intercept(s), substitute in $0$ for $x$ and solve for $y$ .

$y = {(0)}^{3} - 3$

Step 2.2

Solve the equation.

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Step 2.2.1

Remove parentheses.

$y = 0^{3} - 3$

Step 2.2.2

Remove parentheses.

$y = {(0)}^{3} - 3$

Step 2.2.3

Simplify ${(0)}^{3} - 3$ .

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Step 2.2.3.1

Raising $0$ to any positive power yields $0$ .

$y = 0 - 3$

Step 2.2.3.2

Subtract $3$ from $0$ .

$y = - 3$

Step 2.3

y-intercept(s) in point form.

y-intercept(s): $(0, - 3)$

Step 3

List the intersections.

x-intercept(s): $(\sqrt[3]{3}, 0)$

y-intercept(s): $(0, - 3)$

Step 4