Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 2 - Section 2.5 - Zeros of Polynomial Functions - Exercise Set - Page 379: 79

Answer

The graph is shown below:

Work Step by Step

It is clear from the graph that the function $f\left( x \right)$ crosses the x-axis one time. This implies that the function must have 1 real root. But since $f\left( x \right)$ is an equation of degree 3 it must have exactly 3 solutions, hence the number of imaginary roots must be 2.
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