SOLUTION: Determine a polynomial function of lowest degree with rational coefficients that has the following zeros: 1-square root of 5

SOLUTION: Determine a polynomial function of lowest degree with rational coefficients that has the following zeros: 1-square root of 5

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Question 1024975: Determine a polynomial function of lowest degree with rational coefficients that has the following zeros: 1-square root of 5
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You need the conjugate to be a root to get rational coefficients.

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You could also working "completing the square" backwards,

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