Question

PLEASE HELP ITS EXTRA CREDIT AND I COULD REALLY USE IT !! BEING TIMED! for each of the following statements, determine if the statement is true or false and explain how you decided on your answers for the polynomial.

*equation and questions included in picture below*

Answer 1

A. True. We see this by taking the highest order term in each factor:

`f(x) = -3x(x-5)^3(x+2)^2 = -3x (x^3 + \cdots) (x^2 + \cdots) = -3x^{\boxed{6}} + \cdots`

B. True. Again we look at the leading term's degree and coefficient. f(x) behaves like -3x⁶ when x gets large. The degree is even, so as x goes to either ± ∞, x⁶ will make it positive, but multiplying by -3 will make it negative. So on both sides f(x) approaches -∞.

C. False. f(x) = 0 only for x=0, x = 5, and x = -2.

D. False. Part of this we know from the end behavior discussed in part B. On any closed interval, every polynomial is bounded, so that for any x in [-2, 5], f(x) cannot attain every positive real number.

E. True. x = 0 is a root, so f(0) = 0 and the graph of f(x) passes through (0, 0).

F. False. (0, 2) corresponds to x = 0 and f(x) = 2. But f(0) = 0 ≠ 2.