SOLUTION: Find a polynomial of degree four with real coefficients that has the roots 1 and 2 and no others.

Question 1167584: Find a polynomial of degree four with real coefficients that has the roots 1 and 2 and no others.
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

In factored form, the polynomial will consist of an arbitrary leading coefficient a and linear factors of (x-1) and (x-2) only; the total number of linear factors must be 4. So, in addition to the arbitrary leading coefficient, there are three possible factored forms:

If you need an answer in polynomial form, choose one of the three forms and a constant a and expand....

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