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When x = 12, a certain polynomial, y, equals 0. Which of the following must be true about the polynomial y?


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Yeah Whoa All right Next up satay Shmoop er's Here

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we go Let's just get into it When X is

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twelve A certain polynomial why equals zero Which of the

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following must be true about that polynomial Why You know

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X money spells a factor Twelve's a factor X plus

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twelve factors Well son enough to know just the facts

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here Ma'am We need to dive into the factors as

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well A polynomial factors indicate where the polynomial equals zero

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For example if why is quantity x minus eight times

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quantity x minus B times quantity exponents See Well then

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we call quantity Explain It's a quantity x men being

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quantity X minus C factors of the polynomial because they

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divide the polynomial evenly with remainder of zero You can

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also see that if X equals a B or C

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Well then why equals zero right Because zero times anything

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is always going to be zero Right Well applying this

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idea to the question if y equals zero when X

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equals twelve Well then we know that x minus twelve

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is a factor of why So that's it saying that

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twelve is a factor of the polynomial like in B

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and the remainder of wide vital twelve zero actually implied

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the same thing that twelve divides the polynomial We don't

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actually know that though Just because X minus twelve's a

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factor doesn't mean that just twelve is as well but

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X plus twelve being a factor Lexie would be true

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if X equals negative twelve lead to y equals zero

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but we don't know that So it's a

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