Find the equation for a polynomial f(x) that satisfies the following:Degree 5• Root of multiplicity 1 at x = 1• Root of multiplicity 2 at x = • Root of multiplicity 2 at x = -2y-intercept of (0, -32)f(x) =

Find the equation for a polynomial fx that satisfies the followingDegree 5 Root of multiplicity 1 at x 1 Root of multiplicity 2 at x Root of multiplicity 2 at x class=


Answer :

[tex]2x^5-2x^4-16x^3+16x^2+32x-32=0[/tex]

1) Since the degree is the 5th and we have multiplicities of 1 and 2, it means that we have identical roots (multiplicity 2), so let's start by writing out a factored form for that:

[tex]y=a(x-1)(x-2)(x-2)(x+2)(x+2)[/tex]

Each parentheses has one root following the pattern (x-x_1)(x-x_2)...

Note that we were told about another point (0, -32).

2) So let's plug that point to find the leading coefficient:

[tex]\begin{gathered} y=a(x-1)(x-2)(x-2)(x+2)(x+2) \\ -32=a(-16) \\ -16a=-32 \\ -\frac{16}{-16}a=\frac{-32}{-16} \\ a=2 \end{gathered}[/tex]

So we can plug into that a=2, then expand that:

[tex]\begin{gathered} 0=a(x-1)(x-2)(x-2)(x+2)(x+2) \\ 0=2(x-1)(x-2)(x-2)(x+2)(x+2) \\ 2\mleft(x-2\mright)^2\mleft(x+2\mright)^2\mleft(x-1\mright)=0 \\ 2(x^2-4x+4)(x^2+4x+4)(x-1)= \\ 2x^5-2x^4-16x^3+16x^2+32x-32 \end{gathered}[/tex]

3) Hence, the answer is:

[tex]2x^5-2x^4-16x^3+16x^2+32x-32=0[/tex]