Question 2 (iv) Are the following statements ‘True’ or False’? Justify your answer. iv) If two of the zeroes of a cubic polynomial are zero, then it does not have linear and constant terms.
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iv) True, let α,βandγ be the zeroes of the cubic polynomial and given that two of the zeroes have value 0. Let β=γ=0 And f(x)=(x−α)(x−β)(x–γ) =(x−α)(x–0)(x–0) =x3–ax2 Which does not have linear and constant terms