Question 8 • (OC27) MATH COLL ALGEBRA-1200710-S1-Degele-VOL7006P
A linear function has the form f(x) = mx + b. If m is nonzero, its graph crosses the x-axis once; if m = 0, it is a constant function, which has either no x-intercepts or infinitely many when it is zero everywhere. Thus, a linear function cannot have exactly two x-intercepts, so the statement that cannot be true is “The graph of f(x) has exactly two x-intercepts.”
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