Two roots of a third degree polynomial function f(x) are –4 and 4. Which statement describes the number and nature of all roots
for this function? f(x) has three imaginary roots.
f(x) has three real roots.
f(x) has two real roots and two imaginary roots.
f(x) has three real roots and one imaginary root.
A third degree polynomial has a <em>total of three roots</em>, real and imaginary combined.
If it already has 2 real roots, -4 and +4, then it has to have three real roots because imaginary roots come in conjugate pairs, i.e. they come in even numbers.