CHAPTER-2

POLYNOMIALS
MODULE-
1
RECAPI
TULATION
 Pol
ynomial-Anexpressi oninwhichpower sofvari
ablesarenonnegat
ivei
nteger
s.
 Degreeofapolynomi al-Thehighestpowerofv ari
abl
e.
 LinearPolynomi al-pol
ynomialofdegree1
 Quadr at
icPolynomi al–polynomi al
ofdegree2
 Cubicpolynomi al –polynomialofdegree3
 Quadrat
icPolynomial
 Gener alf
orm ofaquadr at
icpol
y nomialsax2+bx+c
i
 If and ar ethezer oesofthequadr at
icpolynomial
,then

Sum ofzer
oes=( + )=

Pr
oductofzer
oes=( )=

 Pol
y nomial
isgiv
enby :x2-
(sum ofthezeroes)x+pr oductofzer
oes
x2-( + ) x+( )
 Cubi
cPolynomial
 Generalf
orm ofacubicpolynomi al
isax3+bx2+cx+d
 I
f , and ar ethezeroesoft hecubi
cpol ynomial,t
hen

Sum ofzer
oes=( + + )=

Sum oft
hePr
oductofi
tszer
oest
aken2atat
ime=( + )=

Pr
oductofzer
oes=( )=

 Poly
nomiali
sgi
venbyx3-( + + )
x2+( + )
x+( )
PRACTICEQUESTI
ONS

1.Fi
ndaquadr
ati
cpol
ynomi
al,
thesum andpr
oductofwhosezer
oesar
e and

respectivel
y.Al
so,finditszeroes.
2. Fi
ndacubi cpolynomi alwithsum,sum oft
heproductofitszeroestakent
woatat imeand
productofi t
szeroesas3, -1,-
3.
3.Verif
yt hatthenumber sgivenalongsi
deofthecubicpolynomialareit
szeroes.Al
sover
if
y
therelati
onshipbetweent hezeroesandtheco-
effi
cient
s.
g(x)=x3-
4x2+5x-2;2,1,
1.
4.I
ftwozeroesofthepoly
nomi al
f x)=x3-
( 4x2-
3x+12are and- , t
henf
indit
sthi
rdzer
o.
5.Fi
ndthezeroesofthepoly
nomi alfx)=x3-
( 5x2-
16x+80,
ift
woofi
tszer
oesareequal
in
magnit
udebutopposit
einsigns.

6.Fi
ndal
lzer
oesoft
hepol
ynomi
al2x4-
2x3-
7x2+3x+6,
ifi
tst
wozer
oesar
e- & .

OBJECTIVEQUESTI ONS
7.Thepr oesofx3+4x2+x-
oductofzer 6is_
___
_ _
__ _
_ _
.
2
8.I
fonezeroofthepolynomi
al5x+13x+kisreciprocal
oft
heot
her
,thent
hev
alueofk
i
s___
___.
9.Aquadrati
cpolynomial
,thesum ofwhosezer
oesi
s0andonezeroi
s3,i
s__
___
___
___
_.
10.Thenumberofpoly
nomialshavi
ngzeroes-
2and5is_
____
___
____
___
_.
S.
NO ANSWER

1
x2- x- ;

2 x3-
3x2-
x+3

3 -

4 4

5 +4,
-
4,5

6
2,
-
1,

7 6

8 5

9 x2-
9

10 i
nfi
nit
e