Asked by ladybug

if (a,-20) is a point on the graph of y=x^2+9x, what is a?
Answered by Steve
solve for x:

-20 = x^2 + 9x
x^2+9x+20 = 0
(x+5)(x+4) = 0

so, a = -4 or -5
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