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Your Practice Set – Analysis and Approaches for IBDP Mathematics
3. Consider the polynomial
p x � x � mx � .
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(a) Given that px ( ) has a factor ( x � 5) , find the value of m .
(b) Hence or otherwise, factorize px ( ) as a product of linear factors.
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4. Consider the polynomial
factor ( x � 3) .
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q( x) � 2 x � ( k �9) x � kx � ( k � 1) . It is given that qx ( ) has a
(a) Find the value of k .
(b) Hence or otherwise, factorize qx ( ) as a product of linear factors.
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