Answer:
x^4 - 14x^2 - 40x - 75.
Step-by-step explanation:
As complex roots exist in conjugate pairs the other zero is -1 - 2i.
So in factor form we have the polynomial function:
(x - 5)(x + 3)(x - (-1 + 2i))(x - (-1 - 2i)
= (x - 5)(x + 3)( x + 1 - 2i)(x +1 + 2i)
The first 2 factors = x^2 - 2x - 15 and
( x + 1 - 2i)(x +1 + 2i) = x^2 + x + 2ix + x + 1 + 2i - 2ix - 2i - 4 i^2
= x^2 + 2x + 1 + 4
= x^2 + 2x + 5.
So in standard form we have:
(x^2 - 2x - 15 )(x^2 + 2x + 5)
= x^4 + 2x^3 + 5x^2 - 2x^3 - 4x^2 - 10x - 15x^2 - 30x - 75
= x^4 - 14x^2 - 40x - 75.
8 and 5 multiply to 40 but subtract to 3.
Put -4 in place of x
-4 to the second power is 16 so it would be 16-(-12)= 28
To write the polynomial in descending order, arrange the terms from the highest to the lowest degree. Simply base on the exponents of the variable x. You have 3, 12, 1 and 7. In descending order, that would be: 12, 7, 3 and then 1. The answer is D.
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