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Module 6 Topic 12: Polynomial Functions II PART I
PART A: List all the possible rational zeros of each function
3 2 4 2
f ( x )=x + x −x−56 f ( x )=2 x +3 x −x +15
p p 1 3 5 15
=±1 , ± 2, ± 4 ,± 6 , ± 8 ,± 12 , ±24 =±1 , ±3 ,± 5 , ±15 , ± ,± , ± ,±
q q 2 2 2 2

4 3 2
f ( x )=x + 8 x−32 f ( x )=x + x −x−56
p p
=±1 , ± 2, ± 4 ,± 6 , ± 8 ,± 16 , ± 32 =±1 , ± 2, ± 4 ,± 7 , ± 8 ,± 14 , ± 28 , ±56
q q

3 2 6 4 2
f ( x )=2 x +5 x −8 x−10 f ( x )=3 x −4 x −x −35
p 1 5 p 1 5 7 35
=±1 , ± 2, ± 5 ,± 10 , ± ,± =±1 , ±5 ,± 7 , ±35 , ± , ± ,± , ±
q 2 2 q 3 3 3 3

5 4 3 2 4 3 2
f ( x )=6 x −x +2 x −3 x +2 x−18 f ( x )=8 x −4 x −4 x + x +42
p 1 3 9 1 2 1 p
=±1 , ± 2, ± 3 ,± 6 , ± 9 , ±18 , , ± ,± , ± , ± , ± , ± =±1 , ± 2, ± 3 ,± 6 , ± 7 , ±14 ,± 21 , ± 42,
q 2 2 2 3 3 6 q
1 3 7 21 1 3 7 21 1 3 7 21
± ,± , ± , ± , ± , ± , ± ,± , ± ,± , ± , ±
2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 8

3 2 4 2
f ( x )=15 x +6 x + x+ 90 f ( x )=16 x + 5 x +128

p p
=±1 , ± 2, ± 3 ,± 5 , ± 6 ,± 9 , ± 10 ,± 15 , ±18 , ± 30 ,± 45 ,± 90 =±1 , ± 2, ± 4 ,± 8 , ±16 ,± 32 ,± 64 ,± 128 ,
q q
1 2 5 10 1 2 3 6 9 18 1 2 1 1 1 1
± , ± ,± , ± ,± , ± ,± , ± , ± ,± , ± ,± ± ,± , ± , ±
3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 15 15 2 4 8 16
PART B: State the possible number of positive real zeros, negative real zeros, and imaginary zeros of each
function.
3 2 4 3 2
f ( x )=x −2 x +2 x −6 f ( x )=6 x +4 x −x −5 x−7

Positive Negative Imaginary Total Positive Negative Imaginary Total

3 0 0 3 1 1 2 4
1 0 2 3 1 3 0 4

5 3 4 3
f ( x )=3 x −8 x +2 x−4 f ( x )=−2 x −3 x −2 x−5
Positive Negative Imaginary Total Positive Negative Imaginary Total
3 2 0 5 0 2 2 4
3 0 2 5 0 0 4 4
1 2 2 5
1 0 4 5

4 3 2 3 2
f ( x )=x −5 x + 2 x +5 x+7 f ( x )=2 x −7 x −2 x+ 12

Positive Negative Imaginary Total Positive Negative Imaginary Total

2 2 0 4 2 1 0 3
2 0 2 4 0 1 2 3
0 2 2 4
0 0 4 4
5 4 2 4 2
f ( x )=−3 x +5 x + 4 x −8 f ( x )=x −2 x −5 x +19
Positive Negative Imaginary Total Positive Negative Imaginary Total
2 1 2 5 2 2 0 4
0 1 4 5 2 0 2 4
0 2 2 4
0 0 4 4

6 4 2 5 3
f ( x )=4 x −5 x −x +24 f ( x )=−x +14 x +18 x−36
Positive Negative Imaginary Total Positive Negative Imaginary Total
2 2 2 6 2 1 2 5
2 0 4 6 0 1 4 5
 0 2 4 6
0 0 6 6

PART C: Find the upper and lower bounds and all the zeros of each function.
3 2 3 2
f ( x )=3 x −2 x −8 x +5 f ( x )=8 x +14 x +11 x+ 3
Upper bound Lower bound zeros Upper bound Lower bound zeros
5
−5 ,−
5 5 1 ± √5 1 −1 −1 −5 ± i √23
, ,
3 3 2 2 8

4 3 2 4 3 2
f ( x )=4 x +13 x −8 x +13 x−12 f ( x )=4 x −12 x +25 x −14 x−15
Upper bound Lower bound zeros Upper bound Lower bound zeros
17 −17 3 29 −29 −1 3
−4 , ,± i , , 1± 2 i
4 4 4 4 4 2 2

PART D: Find all the zeros of each function.

3 2 3 2
f ( x )=x +3 x −25 x+ 21 f ( x )=6 x +5 x −9 x +2
Zeros Zeros
−7 , 1 ,3 2 −3± √ 17
,
3 4

4 3 2 3 2
f ( x )=x −x −x −x−2 f ( x )=10 x −17 x −7 x +2
Zeros Zeros
2 ,−1 , ±i −1 1
, ,2
2 5

4 3 2 3 2
f ( x )=x −3 x + x −3 x f ( x )=6 x +11 x −3 x−2
Zeros Zeros
0 , 3 , ±i 1 1
,− ,−2
2 3
 4 3 2 3 2
f ( x )=6 x +22 x +11 x −38 x−40 f ( x )=2 x −7 x −8 x +28
Zeros Zeros
4 −3 , ±i 7
−2 , −2 , 2 ,
3 2 2

5 3 2 5 4 2
f ( x )=9 x −94 x + 27 x + 40 x−12 f ( x )=x −2 x −12 x −13 x−10
Zeros Zeros
2 −3 , ± √ 13 −1 ,−2 , 5 , ±i
3,± ,
3 2

4 3 4 3 2
f ( x )=48 x −52 x + 13 x−3 f ( x )=5 x −29 x +55 x −28 x
Zeros Zeros
−1 1 1 3
, , , 4 5 , ±i √ 3
0, ,
2 3 2 4 5 2

PART E: Find all the rational zeros of each function and sketch a graph.
f ( x )=x 3−6 x2 −13 x + 42 f ( x )=2 x 4 +11 x 3 +26 x 2+ 29 x +12
Zeros Zeros
−3 , 2 ,7 −3
,−1
2

3 2 4 3 2
f ( x )=4 x −3 x −100 x+ 75 f ( x )=4 x +12 x −5 x −21 x +10
Zeros Zeros
3 −5 1
−5 , ,5 ,−2 , , 1
4 2 2