Roots/Zeroes

[carebear]

What is the difference between roots, zeroes, and x-intercepts? They seem like the same thing.

Thanks

 

[DrSteve]

They're essentially the same.

A root of a function f is a number x such that f(x)=0.
A zero is the same thing.
An x-intercept is a point on a graph of the form (x,0).