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Find the polynomial function with the given zeros?

Degree: 6

Leading coefficient: 4

zeros: 3, 0 (multiplicity 3), and 2-3i

What I had so far was:

4(x-2-3i)(x-2+3i)(x-3)x^3

4((x-2)^2-(3i)^2)

x^2-4x+4+9

4(x^2-4x+13)(x-3)

4(x^3-4x^2+13x-3x^2+4x-39)x^3

4(x^3-7x^2+17x-39)x^3

4(x^6-7x^5+17x^4-39x^3)

Final answer:

4x^6-28x^5+68x^4-156x^3

I am off somewhere. I just know this is not correct.

Update:

Your answer sounds more right than mine, Jeremy....

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  • 8 years ago
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    Where you write 4(x^2-4x+13)(x-3), the answer to that alone is 4x^3-28x^2+100x-156 and when you multiply in x^3, the answer would be 4x^6-28x^5+100x^4-156x^3. So you set it up write, but it's the numbers you somewhere got wrong. Looking at your first distribution I can see that when you multiplied the -3 to the -4x, you put in +4x instead of 12x. I do this all the time and I hate it when I know I messed up, especially when it comes down to the bare basics, but hey, it happens to us all at some point. Hope this helped!

    Source(s): Mathematics Major
  • Jeremy
    Lv 5
    8 years ago

    notice x = 0 is a triple root, so u should start with:

    x^3(x - a)(x - b)(x - c) = 0

    ignore the leading coefficient for now.

    actually, the other 3 roots were given :) nice!

    a = 3

    b = 2 - 3i

    c = 2 + 3i

    i would start with expanding

    (x - 2 + 3i)(x - 2 - 3i)

    (x - 2)^2 + 9

    x^2 - 4x + 13

    multiply this by (x - 3)

    x^3 - 4x^2 + 13x

    - 3x^2 + 12x - 39

    x^3 - 7x^2 + 25x - 39

    then multiply by the tripple root x = 0

    x^6 - 7x^5 + 25x^4 - 39x^3

    now we need the leading coefficient to be 4

    4x^6 - 28x^5 + 100x^4 - 156x^3

    Source(s): maybe there's a typo in the answer
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