Polynomials

What is another way to say "where a function crosses the x-axis"?

• x-intercept

• zero

• root

• all of these.

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CCSS.HSF-IF.C.7C

The degree of the polynomial determines the max number of roots.

• True

• False

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CCSS.HSN.CN.C.9

is -3 a POSSIBLE zero of $f\left(x\right)=3x^3+2x^2-5x+2$  

• no, 3 is not a factor of 3

• yes

• no, 2 is not a factor of 3

• no, 3 is not a factor of 2

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CCSS.HSA.APR.B.2

List the possible rational zeros of

f(x) = x³ - 4x² -4x + 16

• 1, 2, 4, 8, 16

• $\pm1,\pm2,\pm4,\pm8,\pm16$

• $\pm1,\pm4,\pm\frac{1}{4}$

• -2 and-4

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CCSS.HSA.APR.B.2

How could you determine    if x-2 is a factor of 2x³-5x²+x-2?

• Use synthetic division and see if the quotient is even
• Ask the person sitting next to me
• Use synthetic division and see if the remainder is zero
• Flip a coin

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CCSS.HSA.APR.D.6

Match the graph to the function

• f(x)= -x²+3x+2
• f(x) = -x³+2
• f(x) = x³+2
• f(x) = ⅓x⁴-5x²+2

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CCSS.HSA.REI.D.10

CCSS.HSF.IF.B.4

CCSS.HSF.IF.C.7

Match the graph to the function

• f(x) = -x⁴-x³+5x²-6
• f(x) = x⁴+3x²-3x+1
• f(x) = -x³+2x²-x-6
• f(x) = x⁴+x³+5x²-6

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CCSS.HSA.APR.B.3

CCSS.HSF.IF.B.4

CCSS.HSF.IF.C.7

f(x) = 2x³ - 3x² + 4x -10

State the maximum number of turns the graph of f(x) could make.

• 3

• 2

• 1

• 0

How many roots or zeros does the equation
f(x) = 5x⁴-8x³+4x²-6x+3 have?

• 3
• 4
• 5
• 0

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CCSS.HSA.APR.B.3

CCSS.HSA.REI.D.11

Which of the following is a quartic polynomial?

• g(x)=x(x-2)(x+3)

• g(x)=x²(x-2)(x+3)

• g(x)=x²(x-2)(x+3)(x+1)

• g(x)=x³+3x²-5x+7