document.write( "Question 247328: Write the simplest polynomial function with the given zeros (-2, 2, 4) \n" ); document.write( "
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Write the simplest polynomial function with the given zeros (-2, 2, 4)
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document.write( "The simplest polynomial function with real zeros \r\n" );
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document.write( "z1, z2, z3, ... zn \r\n" );
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document.write( "is found by starting with \r\n" );
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document.write( "P(x) = (x-z1)(x-z2)...(x-zn)\r\n" );
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document.write( "and multiplying it out.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the simplest polynomial function with xeros -2, 2, and 4 is\r\n" );
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document.write( "P(x) = [x-(-2)](x-2)(x-4)\r\n" );
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document.write( "P(x) = [x+2](x-2)(x-4)\r\n" );
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document.write( "P(x) = (x+2)(x-2)(x-4)\r\n" );
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document.write( "P(x) = (x2-2x+2x-4)(x-4)\r\n" );
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document.write( "P(x) = (x2-4)(x-4)\r\n" );
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document.write( "P(x) = x3-4x2-4x+16\r\n" );
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