SOLUTION: Please help - I have tried to solve this 10 times and can't get it! "Find a third degree polynomial equation with rational coefficients that has the given numbers as roots: -1 and

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Question 429818: Please help - I have tried to solve this 10 times and can't get it!
"Find a third degree polynomial equation with rational coefficients that has the given numbers as roots: -1 and i+1 "
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Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"Find a third degree polynomial equation with rational coefficients that has the given numbers as roots: -1 and i+1 "
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Complex roots occur in conjugate pairs.
The roots are -1, 1+i and 1-i
Can you do it now?