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  • Jun 5, 2010, 11:26 AM
    mattimeo_boyd
    Find 4th Degree Polynomial?
    How do you find a 4th degree polynomial with integral coefficients that has zeros of 2 ( multiplicity of 2) and -i?
  • Jun 5, 2010, 03:23 PM
    galactus

    You know the roots. 2 occurs twice as root. If -i is a root, so is i.

    Therefore, we have



    But

    So, the resulting quartic polynomial is



    Expand out to find the polynomial .

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