Graphical Behavior: Important Rules

Graphical Behavior

There are three important theorems to remember with polynomials:

1. A polynomial of n^th degree can be factored into n linear factors.

2. A polynomial equation of degree n has exactly n roots. These will be the total of real and non-real roots.

3. If (x ? r) is a factor of a polynomial, then x = r is a root of the associated polynomial equation.