Choose the One Alternative That Best Completes the Statement or Answers

question 56

Multiple Choice

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
-Which of the following polynomial functions might have the graph shown in the illustration below?

• A) \(f ( x ) = x ( x - 2 ) ( x - 1 ) ^ { 2 }\)
• B) \(f ( x ) = x ( x - 2 ) ^ { 2 } ( x - 1 )\)
• C) \(f ( x ) = x ^ { 2 } ( x - 2 ) ( x - 1 )\)
• D) \(f ( x ) = x ^ { 2 } ( x - 2 ) ^ { 2 } ( x - 1 ) ^ { 2 }\)

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