polynomial function question

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anonymous · Answer

attachment

amistre64 · Answer

and, what is your question?

usukidoll · Answer

the screenshot has the question...I think :/

anonymous · Answer

yes the question is in the screen shot

amistre64 · Answer

the screenshot has instructions ... use synthetic division.  so what is the question?

anonymous · Answer

what do they mean by fully factored form

amistre64 · Answer

factored form is like: k(x-a)(x-b)(x-c)

where a,b,c are the roots of the function,and k is some scalar

anonymous · Answer

and for part b what do they mean when they say define multiplicity and behavior

amistre64 · Answer

hmm, definitions which should be defined in your material.  multiplicity; how many times a root is used.  behaviour ... prolly end behaviour?

amistre64 · Answer

well yeah, end behaviour :)  most of those things in b are easily obtained from the graph.

amistre64 · Answer

do you recall how to work synthetic div?

anonymous · Answer

yup i have notes

amistre64 · Answer

then i can verify your factored form if need be

amistre64 · Answer

and i may have enough smarts about me to verify your thoughts on the other part too

anonymous · Answer

I dont know how to factored form

amistre64 · Answer

from the graph, can you tell me what one of the zeros of the function will be?

anonymous · Answer

-2

amistre64 · Answer

then we can reduce the cubic function to a quadratic, by dividing it by x+2; or as the instructions suggest, by working the synthetic division of it.

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