Name:______________________

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AlbertaEdLearningOutcome:Graphandanalyzepolynomialfunctions(limitedtopolynomial
functionsofdegree5).[C,CN,T,V]

Therelationshipsbetweenroots, intercepts,andzeros.

Useyourgraphingcalculatortosketcheachofthefollowingfunctions.
Foreach,adjustyourwindowtomatchthegrid,andclearlylabelanyintercepts.

Whatcanwenoteaboutthe
solutionstotheequation?

1)

The interceptofthegraphis:________
Thezeroofthefunction

is:________

Thevalueof thatmakesthevalueofthefunctionequal0.

Thesolutiontotheequation3

0is:________

2)

The interceptsofthegraphare:________
Thezerosofthefunction

are:________
3

Thesolutionstotheequation

0are:__________

3)

The interceptsofthegraphare:________
Thezerosofthefunction

are:________
3

Thesolutionstotheequation2

0are:__________

4)

The interceptsofthegraphare:________
Thezerosofthefunction

are:________

Thesolutionstotheequation3

0are:________

interceptsofagraph,thezerosofthecorrespondingfunction,andthe

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Thedegreeofa factor theeffectonagraph

Giventhatafunction
hasazeroatsomepoint
,thereareafewpossibleoptionsregardingthe
characteristicsofthegraphthere.
Pointof
Graph

Typical
inflection
bounces
intersection
Typicallyweseeoneofthreethings:

Useyourgraphingcalculatortosketcheachofthefollowingfunctions.Youwillnoticethateachhasazeroat
2.(Andalsoat
1,butwellfocusonthe
2zero)
Putanonthegraphatthecorresponding
2intercept.Then,describethenatureoftheinterceptasbeinga
typicalintersection,bounce,orpointofinflection.

1
2
1)

Natureofthe interceptat
2:_________________

1
2
2)

Natureofthe interceptat
2:_________________

3)
1
2

Natureofthe interceptat
2:_________________

4)
1
2

Natureofthe interceptat
2:_________________

5)
1
2

Natureofthe interceptat
2:_________________

Changed(Thisoneworks!)

Doonseparatepaper!

1. Useyourtextbook(section3.4)ortheInterwebtoresearchPolynomialfunctiongraphsmultiplicity.Explainhowthemultiplicityofa
factordefinesthecharacteristicsofthegraphatthe interept.Provideyourownexamplestodemonstrateyourfindings.
2. Usethefactortheorem(twice!)tofullyfactorthefunction
.(Seetextbookpage130forasimilar
example)Showallstepsoutlinedinclass.Verifyyourfactoredformbyinputtingtheoriginalequationonwww.wolframalpha.com.(It
willlistalternateforms)Then,provideadetailedsketchoftheresultingfunction