HELP ME WITH MATH!

[Ryan*]

I have a study sheet due tomorrow for my test on Tuesday that counts as a portion of the points on the test, and for the life of me I cannot understand what the fuck the multiplicity of a zero in a polynomial function is. Please, somebody with pre-calc knowledge explain this to me?

 

[Hansel.]

2+2=x
x=4
pre-calc

 

[BEARS.]

http://www.wolframalpha.com/

 

[karmagod]

This graph really helped me when I was learning multiplicity. Sorry I can't embed it.

http://tinyurl.com/yjan5kr

 

[Hoover]

ha you have school. tom. my highschool is off for the superbowl

 

[Ryan*]

Real funny, you think I didn't comb Google unsuccessfully before making this thread? Smartass. I want to finish this damn study sheet so I can go to bed.

 

[Totes_Magotes]

multiplicity of 0 makes no sense to me because normally multiplicity expresses that there's two or more of one answer (making x=0). for example if you had a simplified form of a polynomial being y=(x-2)(x-7)(x+4)(x+4), your answers would be x= 2, 7, and 4 *with a multiplicity of 2*. but then again, i may be on the wrong track all together

 

[JAYTRON]

zero times anything = zero. end of story for that one.

 

[chapz]

0!=1

(1+1/n)^n = e important for cal 2, and interestingly enough, cal 3. had it on my first cal 3 assignment!

 

[Ryan*]

Nope, you got it, my sister's friend helped me with it and you were on the right track (as was I, incidentally, without knowing it).