x=i is not a zero of the polynomial above. So you must have
accidently copied it wrong. If the -6 on the end were a -5
instead, then i would be a zero. So I'm going to assume you
meant -5 on the end instead of -6.
Let
Given that the complex
number i is a zero of the function, find all the zeros of
the function.
Since x=i is a zero, its conjugate x=-i is also a zero.
Since x=i is equivalent to x-i=0 and x=-i is equivalent to x+i=0
Therefore x-i and x+i are both factors of g(x)
Therefore (x-i)(x+i) is a factor of g(x)
(x-i)(x+i) = x2-i2 = x2-(-1) = x2+1 = x2+0x+1
So we divide by long division:
x²-4x-5
x²+0x+1)x⁴-4x³-4x²-4x-5
x⁴-0x³+ x²
-4x³-5x²-4x
-4x³-0x²-4x
-5x²+0x-5
-5x²-0x-5
0
So g(x) has now been factored as
g(x) = (x²+1)(x²-4x-5)
Then we factor the quadratic expression in the second
parentheses:
g(x) = (x²+1)(x-5)(x+1)
So the zeros are
x²+1=0; x-5=0; x+1=0
x²=-1; x=5; x=-1
x=±i;
The zeros are i, -i, 5 and -1
Edwin