SOLUTION: Find a polynomial of degree 4 given it has zeros -2, 1, 2, 4. You may leave it in factored form.

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Question 1147361: Find a polynomial of degree 4 given it has zeros -2, 1, 2, 4. You may leave it in factored form.
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20065)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If it had those zeros, and you solved it, you would end up with

 x=-2;   x=1;   x=2;   x=4

and before that you would have had

x+2=0; x-1=0; x-2=0; x-4=0

and before that you would have had

(x+2)(x-1)(x-2)(x-4) = 0

And so the polynomial you would have started with and factored and set
equal to zero, would have been:

P(x) = (x+2)(x-1)(x-2)(x-4)

That's the factored form asked for.

If you multiplied it out it, the polynomial would have been

P(x) = x4 - 5x3 + 20x - 16

real zeros are the same thing as x-coordinates of the x-intercepts:

 

Edwin

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