Complex Numbers
Quadratic Functions
Higher Degree Polynomials
Polynomial Function Theory
Polynomial Equations
100

sqrt(-36)

6i

100

Solve:

x^2-25

+-5

100

Find the zeros of 

P(x)=-2x^2-4x+6

-3 and 1

100

Given

P(x)=-x^3+5x^2-7x+1

Find P(2)

-1

100

Given

f(x)=3x^4+5x^3-35x^2-55x+22

Without a calculator, is there a zero between 3 & 4?

(Use Intermediate Value Theorem)

f(3)=-80

f(4)=330

YES



200

(8-7i)-(-12+2i)

20-9i

200

Solve:

6x^2-15x+6=0

{1/2, 2}

200

Find 

(2x^4-x^3+4x^2-4x+3)/(2x-1)

x^3+2x-1+2/(2x-1)

200

The function

f(x)=x^6-5x^5+3x^4+x^3+40x^2-24x-72

Has a zero of 2 and -1, and a zero of 3 with multiplicity 2.  Find all the other zeros of f.


-1+-isqrt(3)

200

Solve:

x^3+3x=0

f(x)={0, +-isqrt(3)}

300

i65

i

300

Solve:

x^2-4x=2

2+-sqrt(6)

300

A rocket is projected upward from a platform 3 feet high with an initial velocity of 64 feet/second.  What will be the maximum height of the rocket?

s(t)=-16t^2+64t+s_0

67 feet

300

Find the local maximum of the function (x-value)

f(x)=-x^3+9x-4


sqrt(3)

300

Find a cubic polynomial f(x) in standard form with cubic coefficient 1 with zeroes of 4 and 2i, with f(1)=15

f(x)=x^3-4x^2+4x-16

400

2i(3-i)^2

12+16i

400

Solve:

3x^2+3x-20le0

[(-3-sqrt33)/6,(-3+sqrt33)/6]

400

The width of a rectangular box is 3 times its height, and its length is 11 inches more than its height.  Find the dimensions of the box if its volume is 720 cubic inches.

15" x 12" x 4"

400

Given

f(x)=4x^4-21x^2-25

Find all zeroes


+-5/2, +-i

400

A rectangular piece of sheet metal is 20 inches wide.  it is to be made into a rain gutter by turning up the edges to form parallel sides.  Let x represent the length of each of the parallel sides in inches.  What is the maximum area of the cross-section of the gutter?

50 square inches

500

(11+10i)/(2+3i)


4-i

500

Find the vertex of the quadratic function:

P(x)=-2x^2-4x+6


(-1,8)

500

Give the interval where this function is DECREASING:

2x^3-3x^2-12x+1

(-1,2)

500

After a 2 inch slice is cut off the top of a cube, the resulting solid has a volume of 32 cubic inches.  What are the dimensions of the original cube?

4" x 4" x 4"

500

What is the maximum area rectangle that can be inscribed in a region bounded by the x-axis on the bottom and the parabola f(x)=9-x2 on the upper left and right?

sqrt3

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