Real and Imaginary Roots of an Equation

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  1. raees's Avatar
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    Real and Imaginary Roots of an Equation
    Hi, could someone please tell me what to do next.

    This is the question:

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    And first part is fine... I use the factor theorem to show that it is a root.

    Part B, however after stating that if 'i' is a root then '-i' is also another root and that if we let the equation have the form f(x), then f(x)=(x-i)(x+i)q(x), where q(x) is a quadratic...

    I dont know what to do.

    Any ideas?
  2. electriic_ink's Avatar
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    Re: Real and Imaginary Roots of an Equation
    (x-i)(x+i) = ?
  3. raees's Avatar
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    Re: Real and Imaginary Roots of an Equation
    OH! , ok!

    thank you, I get it now
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