document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=292683>Question 292683</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I can't remember how to \"go backwards\" in this equation with imaginary numbers!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Can you please help explain this problem to me?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write a third degree polynomial equation with rational coefficients that has roots -5 and 6+i\r<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 #211363 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=211363\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> complex roots occur in conjugate pairs, so 6-i is the third root (third degree)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if r is a root, then x-r is a factor\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x + 5)(x - 6 - i)(x - 6 + i) = 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "multiply the factors out to get the polynomial </SPAN>\n" );
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