document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=127517>Question 127517</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321356918/algebrahomeworkh>College Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find all of the real and imaginary roots, stating the multiplicity of each.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16) (x + 1)^2(x - 1) = 0 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "For that product to be zero one of those factors must be zero.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If x + 1= 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -1 : multiplicity two because (x+1)^2= (x+1)(x+1)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If x-1 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 1 : multiplicity one<BR>\n" );
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