document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=433919>Question 433919</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1. Find the zeros of the polynomial function and state the multiplicity of each:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "f(x) = -5x^2 (x-9)(x+3)^3 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "f(x) = -5x^2 (x-9)(x+3)^3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let y = 0 and solve for \"x\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-5x^2 (x-9)(x+3)^3 = 0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-5x^2 = 0 or x-9 = 0 or (x+3)^3 = 0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So: x = 0 with multiplicity 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or x = 9 with multiplicity 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or x = -3 with multiplicity 3<BR>\n" );
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