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Help! This problem is way too difficult if you can solve it your a lightsaber!

Help! This problem is way too difficult if you can solve it your a lightsaber!-example-1
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Solution

For what value of x is the polynomial above x-axis:

The roots of the graph passes through -3 and 3

so the value of x above will be:


(-3,3)\text{ }U\text{ \lparen3,}\infty)

The reason why the polynomial is having imaginary roots is

Fundamental Theorem of Algebra we explain that a polynomial will have exactly as many roots as its degree (the degree is the highest exponent of the polynomial). So we know one more thing: the degree is 5 so there are 5 roots in total.

The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra assures us that any polynomial with real number coefficients can be factored completely over the field of complex numbers .

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