First writeas Then you can use synthetic division with the zero 2-i 2-i | 1 0 -11 20 ! 2-i ---------------------- 1 2-i Now we have to stop and multiply 2-i by 2-i Continuing with the synthetic division: 2-i | 1 0 -11 20 ! 2-i 3-4i ---------------------- 1 2-i -8-4i Now we have to stop again and multiply -8-4i by 2-i Continuing with the synthetic division: 2-i | 1 0 -11 20 | 2-i 3-4i -20 ---------------------- 1 2-i -8-4i 0 So we have factored as P(x) = [x - (2-i)][x² + (2-i)x + (-8-4i)] Now since 2-i is a zero, so is its conjugate is 2+i So we use synthetic division with the second factor and zero 2+i 2+i | 1 2-i -8-4i | 2+i 8+4i ----------------- 1 4 0 Now we have completed the factoring of as P(x) = [x - (2-i)][x - (2+i)](x + 4) So now we see that the third zero is -4. So the three zeros of P(x) are 2-i, 2+i, and -4. Edwin