document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=257025>Question 257025</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Good evening\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "One more question. I think I have the answer yet i'm only 60% sure.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find all the zeros of f(x) if f(x) =(x^2-4)^3. Identify any multiple zeros.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "f(x)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x^2-4)^3=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "F(4)=(4^2-4)^3=48-12=36-36=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "F(0)=(0^2-4)^3=0-12=-12+12=0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: {4, (triple zero)}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you much </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "f(x) =(x^2-4)^3.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "step 1 - set = 0 to get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(i) <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=f%28x%29+=%28x%5E2-4%29%5E3+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"f%28x%29+=%28x%5E2-4%29%5E3+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "take a cube root to get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(ii) <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=f%28x%29+=%28x%5E2-4%29+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"f%28x%29+=%28x%5E2-4%29+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Factoring, we get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(iii) <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28x-2%29%28x%2B2%29+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28x-2%29%28x%2B2%29+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 2 and x = -2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It turns out that <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 2 with multiplicity 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -2 with multiplicity 3 </SPAN>\n" );
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