What is 16x with a base of 4?
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ANSWER TO QUESTION 1
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EXPLANATION
The function given to us is,
According to rational roots theorem,
are possible rational zeros of
.
We find out that,
Also
This implies that
are factors of
and hence
is also a factor.
We perform the long division as shown in the diagram.
Hence,
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ANSWER TO QUESTION 2
Sketching the graph
We can see from the factorization that the roots
and
have a multiplicity of 1, which is odd. This means that the graph crosses the x-axis at this intercepts.
Also the root has a multiplicity of 2, which is even. This means the graph does not cross the x-axis at this intercept.
Now we determine the position of the graph on the following intervals,
We can now use these information to sketch the function as shown in diagram
