SOLUTION: Given that a function has zeros 3, -i and sqrt(4) and the function is degree 5, find the function.

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Question 669892: Given that a function has zeros 3, -i and sqrt(4) and the function is degree 5, find the function.
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If is a zero of a polynomial function, then is a factor of the polynomial.

Complex zeros and irrational zeros come in conjugate pairs. That is if is a zero, then is also a zero. Also if where is rational and is irrational is a zero, then is also a zero.

Therefore four of the five factors of your desired polynomial function are:









Since is not irrational, there is no guarantee that the conjugate is a zero. There is no way to determine the fifth zero from the information given and therefore there is no way to determine a unique 5th degree polynomial.

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