SOLUTION: What is a polynomial with a single root at x = -6 and a triple root at x = -1?

Question 742494: What is a polynomial with a single root at x = -6 and a triple root at x = -1?
Answer by fcabanski(1391) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
When a root is at x=a then the factor is x-a. So for x=-6 the factor is x+6, and for x=-1 the factor is x+1. Multiplicity 3 means there are three factors (x+1).

Multiply the factors together to see the polynomial.

(x+6)(x+1)(x+1)(x+1) =

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