The opposite of -36 is equal to 36
You didn't give the fourth zero, but the answer is still false. If you have a root or an imaginary number as a zero, then its conjugate is also a zero. So if 8i is a zero, then -8i must also be a zero, and if 4i is a zero, then -4i must be a zero, with those zeros and -4, the number of zeroes exceeds the number of zeroes that a fourth degree polynomial can have.
The answer is <span>5, 4, 2
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Among all choices we have 5, so
x = 5
x - 5 = 0
Let's divide the expression by (x - 5) using the long division:
x³ - 11x² + 38x - 40
(x - 5) * x² = x³ - 5x² Subtract
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-6x² + 38x - 40
(x - 5) * (-6x) = -6x² + 30x Subtract
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8x - 40
(x - 5) * 8 = 8x - 40 Sutract
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0
Thus: x³ - 11x² + 38x - 40 = (x - 5)(x² - 6x + 8)
Now, let's simplify x² - 6x + 8.
x² - 6x + 8 = x² - 2x - 4x + 8 =
= x² - 2*x - (4*x - 4*2) =
= x(x - 2) - 4(x - 2) =
= (x - 4)(x - 2)
Hence:
x³ - 11x² + 38x - 40 = (x - 5)(x - 4)(x - 2)
To calculate zero:
x³ - 11x² + 38x - 40 = 0
(x - 5)(x - 4)(x - 2) = 0
x - 5 = 0 or x - 4 = 0 or x - 2 = 0
x = 5 or x = 4 or x = 2
7/12 because it would come out to be 21/36, and the simplified version of that is 7/12<span />
0 = 230 - 45x
Add 45x to both sides
45x = 230
Divide both sides by 45
x = 230 / 45
Simplify
x = 46 / 9
The solution represents the x intercept, which is where the graph intersects the x axis.
