document.write( "Question 1037106: find the complex zeros of the polynomial function. write f in factored form.\r
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document.write( "Check for the roots among the divisors of 54:\r\n" );
document.write( "+/-1, +/-2, +/-3, +/-6, +/-9, +/-18, +/-27\r\n" );
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document.write( "or make a plot of the polynomial and find the integer root x = 3.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Next, divide the polynomial by (x-3) without a remainder and get a quadratic polynomial as a quotient.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then find the roots of that polynomial using the quadratic formula.\r\n" );
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