Provide an appropriate response.Why is it not possible for a function defined by a polynomial of degree 4 with real coefficients to have zeros of 2, 3, 5, and 1 + i?
What will be an ideal response?
By the Conjugate zeros Theorem, if 1 + i is a root, then so is 1 - i. But a polynomial of degree 4 can have at most 4 zeros.
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