Question

f(x) = x3 + 3x2 - x - 3

Part A: What are the factors of f(x)? Show your work. (3 points)

Part B: What are the zeros of f(x)? Show your work. (2 points)

Part C: What are the steps you would follow to graph f(x)? Describe the end behavior of the graph of f(x). (5 points)
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Answer 1

By looking at the highest exponent in your function you can determine that you will have three multiples..

(x )(x )(x )

use synthetic division , the numbers that end up with zero as the remainder are your factors.

Answer 2

A: f(x)=x2 (x+3) - (x+3)
factor by (x+3)
B: when f(x)= (x-a)(x-b)(x-c).... then a,b, and c are the zeros