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If anyone knows this please help me. Please answer only if you know. Thanks! more points for you if answered!

If anyone knows this please help me. Please answer only if you know. Thanks! more-example-1
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1a) Possible rational roots will be of the form
±{divisor of 10}/{divisor of 4}
Divisors of 10 are {1, 2, 5, 10}
Divisors of 4 are {1, 2, 4}

Then possible rational roots are
{±1/4, ±1/2, ±1, ±5/4, ±2, ±5/2, ±5, ±10}

1b) Your answer is correct.

2) One additional root will be the conjuate of the given complex root.
5 -3i

3) If one root is 5 -√7, another will be 5 +√7. Then your polynomial is
P(x) = (x -(5 -√7))*(x -(5 +√7)) = (x -5)^2 -(√7)^2
P(x) = x^2 -10x +18
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