document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=177711>Question 177711</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Help Please.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1. Exlain the relationship of the term zero, x-intercept, and factor with respect to polynomial functions.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2. f(x)=4(x+4)(x+3)^3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3. f(x)=x(x+2)^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4. f(x)=(x+1)^3(x-3)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #132732 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Mathtut><B>Mathtut(3670)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Mathtut><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=132732\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1)an x intercept and a zero are one in the same for a function where f(x)=0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if k is a factor it takes on the form (x-k) and (x,k) is the coodinate of the x intercept or zero.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The following statements are equivalent: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "k is a zero of the polynomial function f; <BR>\n" );
document.write( "k is a solution of the polynomial equation f(x) = 0; <BR>\n" );
document.write( "k is an x-intercept for the graph of the polynomial; and <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x - k) is a factor of the polynomial </SPAN>\n" );
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