Using a Graphing Utility, Graph $f ( x ) = x ^ { 3 } - 4 x$

question 396

Multiple Choice

Using a graphing utility, graph $f ( x ) = x ^ { 3 } - 4 x$ and approximate the zeros and their multiplicity.

• A) \(x = 0 , \text { multiplicity } 2 ; x = - 2 \text {, multiplicity } 1\)
• B) \(x = 0 \text {, multiplicity } 1 ; x = 2 \text {, multiplicity } 1 ; x = - 2 \text {, multiplicity } 1\)
• C) \(x = 0 , \text { multiplicity } 3\)
• D) \(x = 0 , \text { multiplicity } 1 ; x = 2 , \text { multiplicity } 2\)
• E) \(x = 2 , \text { multiplicity } 2 ; x = - 2 \text {, multiplicity } 1\)

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