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If the factors of a polynomial are x+2 and x+6, what values of x make that polynomial 0?

If the factors of a polynomial are x+2 and x+6, what values of x make that polynomial-example-1
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We have a polynomial with factors (x+2) and (x+6), thats mean that the polynomial has the form:


P(x)\approx(x+2)\cdot(x+6)

Q) The question ask us about the values of x that make that polynomial equal to 0. i.e we want to find the values of x such that we have:


P(x)\approx(x+2)\cdot(x+6)=0

A) Looking the last equation we see that if we replace x by -2 or x by -6 we get the polynomial equal to 0!

So the correct answer is letter A.


A\text{.-}2\text{ and -6}

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