Find the zeroes of the following polynomial:
$p (x) = (x + 1) (x + 2)$ .

-1

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-2

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Solution

The correct options are
A -1
B -2
Finding zero of $p (x) = (x + 1) (x + 2)$ , is same as solving the equation $p (x) = 0$ .

$\Rightarrow (x + 1) (x + 2) = 0$

$\Rightarrow (x + 1) = 0, (x + 2) = 0$
$\Rightarrow x = - 1, - 2$ .

Therefore, options $A$ and $B$ are correct.

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