When you are given a zero of a function and told that it has a multiplicity of 3, what does that mean?

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Instance Hunter · Answer 1 · 2022-11-15T21:37:18+0000

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the zero of a function is what value you can plug in and get 0 as the answer.

having a multiplicity of 3 means that the zero is there 3 times so if your zero is 2 with multiplicity 3 then (x-2)^3 is what it looks like

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