A polynomial P is given. Find all zeros of P, real and complex, and factor p completely?

Question

A polynomial P is given. P(x) = x^4 + 81x^2. (a) find all zeros of P, real and complex. (Enter answers as a comma-separated list. Enter all answers including repetitions.) and (b) Factor P completely. 

Answer 1

here, you should notice that you can factor out x², right?

So if you do that you get:  x²(x² + 81)

The zero's are when x² = 0 and x² + 81 = 0.

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Answer 2

(a)  0, 0, 9i, -9i.

(b)  x*x*(x-9i)*(x+9i)

Answer 3

P(x) = x^4 + 81 x^2

Set to zero  -->  0 = x^4 + 81x^2 = x^2*(x^2 + 81)

Right away we see there is a degenerative (repeated) root  x = 0 that accounts fro two real roots

then we have x^2 + 81 = 0 -->  x = +/- sqrt(-81) = +/- 9 i

so there are two complex (actually pure imaginary) roots x = -9 i, +9 i

so  x = 0, 0, -9 i, 9 i

P(x) = x^2(x^2 +81)   -->  that's all you can do in factoring

Answer 4

X^2(x^2 + 81) = 0

x^2 = 0; x^2 + 81 = 0

x = 0, x = -9, 9

-9, 0, 9

x^2(x^2 + 81)

x^2(x + 9)(x - 9)