document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=141580>Question 141580</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> *Tutor this is from my textbook Mccullough, pg. 332-334 Find the zeros of the polynomial function and state the multiplicity of each.f(x)=x (x+3)^4(2x+3)^2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Look at each factor individually and set it to zero.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solve for x. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Any exponent of the factor becomes its multiplicity.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=0, multiplicity 1.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+3)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-3, multiplicity 4.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2x+3)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-3/2 multiplicity 2.<BR>\n" );
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