Factoring and Finding Polynomial Zeros

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What is the Quadratic Formula?

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What are polynomial zeros?

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Polynomial zeros are the values of x that make the polynomial equal to zero. They are also known as roots or solutions of the polynomial.

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How do you find rational zeros of a polynomial?

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What is synthetic division?

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What is the relationship between the degree of a polynomial and the number of zeros?

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A polynomial of degree n can have at most n zeros, counting multiplicities.

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How do you factor a polynomial?

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To factor a polynomial, look for common factors, use grouping, or apply special factoring techniques such as difference of squares or the quadratic formula.

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What is the difference of squares?

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What is the significance of the discriminant in a quadratic equation?

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How do you solve a quadratic equation by factoring?

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What is a polynomial function?

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