Since two of the zeros are x = √(5/3) and x = -√(5/3) Then x - √(5/3) = 0 and x + √(5/3) = 0 And so x - √(5/3) and x + √(5/3) are factors of the given polynomial. Therefore, the product [x - √(5/3)][x + √(5/3)] is a factor of the given polynomial Multiplying that out: x² - 5/3 So we divide the given polynomial by that. But we must put in placeholder 0x for the missing x term: 3x² + 6x + 3 x² + 0x - 5/3)3x^4 + 6x³ – 2x² – 10x – 5 3x^4 + 0x³ - 5x² 6x³ + 3x² - 10x 6x³ + 0x² - 10x 3x² + 0x - 5 3x² + 0x - 5 So we have factored the given polynomial as (x²-5/3)(3x²+6x+3) Factoring a 3 out of the second factor, (x²-5/3)3(x²+2x+1) Multiplying the 3 into to first factor eliminates the fraction, so the factorization is (3x²-5)(x²+2x+1) The other 2 zeros can be gotten by setting the factor x²+2x+1 = 0 (x+1)(x+1) = 0 x+1 = 0; x+1 = 0 x = -1; x = -1 The other zero is -1 of multiplicity 2. Edwin