SOLUTION: Please help: Find the zeros of P(x) = (x^2 - 25)(x + 1)^3 and state the multiplicity of each zero.

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Question 64797: Please help: Find the zeros of P(x) = (x^2 - 25)(x + 1)^3 and state the multiplicity of each zero.
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The first bracket factorises to give

So the zeroes are -5 (once), +5 (once), and -1 (three times)

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