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1. y-intercept [latex]\left(0,0\right)\\[/latex]; x-intercepts [latex]\left(0,0\right),\left(-5,0\right),\left(2,0\right)\\[/latex], and [latex]\left(3,0\right)\\[/latex] 2. The graph has a zero of –5 with multiplicity 1, a zero of –1 with multiplicity 2, and a zero of 3 with even multiplicity. 3. Graph of f(x)=(1/4)x(x-1)^4(x+3)^3. 4. Because f is a polynomial function and since [latex]f\left(1\right)\\[/latex] is negative and [latex]f\left(2\right)\\[/latex] is positive, there is at least one real zero between [latex]x=1\\[/latex] and [latex]x=2\\[/latex]. 5. [latex]f\left(x\right)=-\frac{1}{8}{\left(x - 2\right)}^{3}{\left(x+1\right)}^{2}\left(x - 4\right)\\[/latex] 6. The minimum occurs at approximately the point [latex]\left(0,-6.5\right)\\[/latex], and the maximum occurs at approximately the point [latex]\left(3.5,7\right)\\[/latex].

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1. The x-intercept is where the graph of the function crosses the x-axis, and the zero of the function is the input value for which [latex]f\left(x\right)=0\\[/latex]. 3. If we evaluate the function at a and at b and the sign of the function value changes, then we know a zero exists between a and b. 5. There will be a factor raised to an even power. 7. [latex]\left(-2,0\right),\left(3,0\right),\left(-5,0\right)\\[/latex] 9. [latex]\left(3,0\right),\left(-1,0\right),\left(0,0\right)\\[/latex] 11. [latex]\left(0,0\right),\text{ }\left(-5,0\right),\text{ }\left(2,0\right)\\[/latex] 13. [latex]\left(0,0\right),\text{ }\left(-5,0\right),\text{ }\left(4,0\right)\\[/latex] 15. [latex]\left(2,0\right),\text{ }\left(-2,0\right),\text{ }\left(-1,0\right)\\[/latex] 17. [latex]\left(-2,0\right),\left(2,0\right),\left(\frac{1}{2},0\right)\\[/latex] 19. [latex]\left(1,0\right),\text{ }\left(-1,0\right)\\[/latex] 21. [latex]\left(0,0\right),\left(\sqrt{3},0\right),\left(-\sqrt{3},0\right)\\[/latex] 23. [latex]\left(0,0\right),\text{ }\left(1,0\right)\text{, }\left(-1,0\right),\text{ }\left(2,0\right),\text{ }\left(-2,0\right)\\[/latex] 25. [latex]f\left(2\right)=-10\\[/latex] and [latex]f\left(4\right)=28\\[/latex]. Sign change confirms. 27. [latex]f\left(1\right)=3\\[/latex] and [latex]f\left(3\right)=-77\\[/latex]. Sign change confirms. 29. [latex]f\left(0.01\right)=1.000001\\[/latex] and [latex]f\left(0.1\right)=-7.999\\[/latex]. Sign change confirms. 31. 0 with multiplicity 2, [latex]-\frac{3}{2}\\[/latex] with multiplicity 5, 4 with multiplicity 2 33. 0 with multiplicity 2, –2 with multiplicity 2 35. [latex]-\frac{2}{3}\text{ with multiplicity }5\text{,}5\text{ with multiplicity }\text{2}\\[/latex] 37. [latex]\text{0}\text{ with multiplicity }4\text{,}2\text{ with multiplicity }1\text{,}-\text{1}\text{ with multiplicity }1\\[/latex] 39. [latex]\frac{3}{2}\\[/latex] with multiplicity 2, 0 with multiplicity 3 41. [latex]\text{0}\text{ with multiplicity }6\text{,}\frac{2}{3}\text{ with multiplicity }2\\[/latex] 43. x-intercepts, [latex]\left(1, 0\right)\\[/latex] with multiplicity 2, [latex]\left(-4, 0\right)\\[/latex] with multiplicity 1, y-intercept [latex]\left(0, 4\right)\\[/latex]. As [latex]x\to -\infty \\[/latex] , [latex]f\left(x\right)\to -\infty \\[/latex] , as [latex]x\to \infty \\[/latex] , [latex]f\left(x\right)\to \infty \\[/latex] . Graph of g(x)=(x+4)(x-1)^2. 45. x-intercepts [latex]\left(3,0\right)\\[/latex] with multiplicity 3, [latex]\left(2,0\right)\\[/latex] with multiplicity 2, y-intercept [latex]\left(0,-108\right)\\[/latex] . As [latex]x\to -\infty \\[/latex], [latex]f\left(x\right)\to -\infty \\[/latex] , as [latex]x\to \infty \\[/latex] , [latex]f\left(x\right)\to \infty \\[/latex]. Graph of k(x)=(x-3)^3(x-2)^2. 47. x-intercepts [latex]\left(0, 0\right),\left(-2, 0\right),\left(4, 0\right)\\[/latex] with multiplicity 1, y-intercept [latex]\left(0, 0\right)\\[/latex]. As [latex]x\to -\infty \\[/latex] , [latex]f\left(x\right)\to \infty \\[/latex] , as [latex]x\to \infty \\[/latex] , [latex]f\left(x\right)\to -\infty \\[/latex]. Graph of n(x)=-3x(x+2)(x-4). 49. [latex]f\left(x\right)=-\frac{2}{9}\left(x - 3\right)\left(x+1\right)\left(x+3\right)\\[/latex] 51. [latex]f\left(x\right)=\frac{1}{4}{\left(x+2\right)}^{2}\left(x - 3\right)\\[/latex] 53. –4, –2, 1, 3 with multiplicity 1 55. –2, 3 each with multiplicity 2 57. [latex]f\left(x\right)=-\frac{2}{3}\left(x+2\right)\left(x - 1\right)\left(x - 3\right)\\[/latex] 59. [latex]f\left(x\right)=\frac{1}{3}{\left(x - 3\right)}^{2}{\left(x - 1\right)}^{2}\left(x+3\right)\\[/latex] 61. [latex]f\left(x\right)=-15{\left(x - 1\right)}^{2}{\left(x - 3\right)}^{3}\\[/latex] 63. [latex]f\left(x\right)=-2\left(x+3\right)\left(x+2\right)\left(x - 1\right)\\[/latex] 65. [latex]f\left(x\right)=-\frac{3}{2}{\left(2x - 1\right)}^{2}\left(x - 6\right)\left(x+2\right)\\[/latex] 67. local max [latex]\left(-\text{.58, -}.62\right)\\[/latex], local min [latex]\left(\text{.58, -1}\text{.38}\right)\\[/latex] 69. global min [latex]\left(-\text{.63, -}\text{.47}\right)\\[/latex] 71. global min [latex]\text{(}\text{.75, }\text{.89)}\\[/latex] 73. [latex]f\left(x\right)={\left(x - 500\right)}^{2}\left(x+200\right)\\[/latex] 75. [latex]f\left(x\right)=4{x}^{3}-36{x}^{2}+80x\\[/latex] 77. [latex]f\left(x\right)=4{x}^{3}-36{x}^{2}+60x+100\\[/latex] 79. [latex]f\left(x\right)=\pi \left(9{x}^{3}+45{x}^{2}+72x+36\right)\\[/latex]

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