The figure represents the graphs of y = x(2 - x) and y = (x - 1)(x - 3). What are the x-coordinates of P, Q and F respectively?

Assessment: JAMB UTME - Mathematics - 1993 Subject: General Mathematics

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The figure represents the graphs of y = x(2 - x) and y = (x - 1)(x - 3). What are the x-coordinates of P, Q and F respectively?

Answer Details
To find the x-coordinates of P, Q, and F, we need to solve the system of equations formed by setting the two equations equal to each other: x(2 - x) = (x - 1)(x - 3) Expanding the right-hand side and simplifying, we get: 2x - x^2 = x^2 - 4x + 3 Rearranging and simplifying, we get a quadratic equation in standard form: x^2 - 6x + 3 = 0 Using the quadratic formula, we get: x = (6 ± sqrt(6^2 - 4*1*3)) / (2*1) = 3 ± sqrt(3) Therefore, the x-coordinates of P, Q, and F are 1, 3, and 3 - sqrt(3) or approximately 1.268, respectively. To see why, we can plot the two functions and visually determine the x-coordinates of the points where they intersect. Point P is where the blue line intersects the x-axis, which occurs at x = 1. Point Q is where the red line intersects the x-axis, which occurs at x = 3. Point F is where the two lines intersect above the x-axis, which occurs at x = 3 - sqrt(3) or approximately 1.268. Therefore, the answer is 1, 2, 3.

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