document.write( "Question 1131984: Find an equation for f(x), the polynomial of smallest degree with real coefficients such that f(x) breaks through the x-axis at −4, breaks through the x-axis at 5, has complex roots of −3−i and 5+5i and passes through the point (0,−54). \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "The \"solution\" by @MathLover1 is not exactly correct, since she mistakenly assumed that -54 is the root.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It is not so.  y = -54 is  \"y-intercept\";  it is not  \"x-intercept\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "She may want to edit her post . . . \r\n" );
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